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Ontario will impose a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to New York, Michigan, and Minnesota starting Monday in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods.

Premier Doug Ford warned U.S. governors and vowed to maintain the surcharge until all tariffs are lifted.

Canada has already imposed $30 billion in retaliatory tariffs, with more planned.

Ford also threatened to cut power to the states by April and banned U.S. firms from bidding on Ontario contracts. A $100M SpaceX deal for rural internet was also scrapped in response.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not enough, it should be 100% and another thing if we have a surplus that we sell, why the fuck is electricity so expensive in Ontario!?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Based Doug Ford was not on my 2025 bingo card.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Kudos to the Canadians and Canadiens! I ordered another pair of Baffin boots, Made in Canada, last week.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's too bad they can't just do 50% on MAGA households and non voters. Somewhere in NY there is someone who actively campaigned to prevent this and continues to protest and they're getting a 25% price hike anyway.

At least we can target businesses and billionaires more directly, although unlike the average voter they need a lot, lot more pain before they change.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, you simply can't micromanage policies to effect another country to that granularity. It's why people should think carefully about who they elect to represent their country to the rest of the world. The US elected a criminal to represent them, so they have to expect they're going to feel some pain by their association with that criminal, whether they voted for him or not.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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