Newly re-elected Premier Doug Ford doubled down Monday on his threat to cut off electricity flowing from Ontario to several American states if the U.S. moves ahead with tariffs.
"If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do anything — including cutting off their energy — with a smile on my face," Ford said during his first news conference since winning a third majority last week. Ontario is a major electricity exporter to New York, Michigan and Minnesota.
"They need to feel the pain. They want to come at us? We've got to go back twice as hard," Ford continued.
Ford added his government is also prepared to implement a surcharge on every megawatt of energy states purchase from Ontario and "rip up" a $100-million deal with Elon Musk's Starlink internet company. The LCBO has already been directed to remove all American booze from its shelves if Trump moves ahead with his threats.
He similarly urged consumers, retailers and municipalities to source goods from Ontario, and from elsewhere in Canada if they can't be found in the province.
Ford said he is "asking politely" before he implements legislation that could require retailers to highlight Canadian-made products on their shelves.
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At this point I hope trump tries once for two weeks on canada and gets the power to a third of the country cut off. Something like this might rile people up enough that trump won’t do any more tariffs on allies.
New York and Minnesota voted against Trump. Crush Michigan. Can’t believe they decided to go red in THIS election.
Finally, there’s some of that old Reform fire. Didn’t think they still had it in them, but Harper and Ford have surprised me
He’s still a massive loser, but I’ll give him a small bit of credit
If this happens MAGA will start advocating for war I bet. It’s hard to comprehend because it’s so stupid but if you squint, you can kind of estimate where the stupidity goes next just by imaging the dumbest possible outcome.