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Believe me when I say I do not want to do this. I feel terrible for the American people, who didn’t start this trade war. It’s one person who is responsible. It’s President Trump.”
I will not hesitate to increase this charge. If the United States escalates, I will not hesitate to shut the electricity off completely,
Ford said at a news conference in Toronto Despite the fact that Canada is charging the USA from 250% to 390% Tariffs on many of our farm products, Ontario just announced a 25% surcharge on "electricity," of all things, and your not even allowed to do that."
In a publication on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump reacted to Doug Ford's announcement It needs to end. Until these tariffs are off the table, until the threat of tariffs is gone for good, Ontario will not relent,
You want to talk about a Trump card. That will instantly change the game,
Pierre Poilievre's plan will leave us divided and ready to be conquered,
I apologize to the American people that President Trump decided to have an unprovoked attack on our country, on families, on jobs, and it's unacceptable,
Ford later told MSNBC, reacting to Trump’s newest tariffs The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State. This would make all Tariffs, and everything else, totally disappear,
Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on 'Electricity' coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA, ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD,
Trump wrote on Truth Social I spoke to him yesterday. He's a very bright individual. He understands finances like no other person, and we need to sit down, which we will tomorrow,
I'm not too sure why he continues to attack his closest friends and allies, but we need the American people to speak up,
This will go into effect TOMORROW MORNING, March 12th,
If other egregious, long time Tariffs are not likewise dropped by Canada, I will substantially increase, on April 2nd, the Tariffs on Cars coming into the U.S. which will, essentially, permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada,
Believe me when I say I do not want to do this,
Ford told reporters in Toronto on Monday, before blaming Trump for his actions We only use American steel, so we're thrilled with the tariffs,
Fighting like this does not make sense, but I will respond appropriately on the electricity. Stay tuned,
Ford said in an MSNBC interview moments after the president’s announcement The artificial line of separation drawn many years ago will finally disappear, and we will have the safest and most beautiful Nation anywhere in the World — And your brilliant anthem, ‘O Canada,’ will continue to play, but now representing a GREAT and POWERFUL STATE within the greatest Nation that the World has ever seen!,
Canadians taxes will be very substantially reduced, they will become more secure, militarily and otherwise, than ever before, there would no longer be a Northern Border problem, and the greatest and most powerful nation in the world will be bigger, better and stronger than ever... and Canada will be a big part of that."
Also, Canada must immediately drop their Anti-American Farmer Tariff of 250% to 390% on various U.S. dairy products, which has long been considered outrageous. I will shortly be declaring a National Emergency on Electricity within the threatened area,
If a state like Michigan flows our power through [its grid] and, say, sells it … to Ohio that means the impact of this surcharge is going to reverberate right across America."
The energy minister added
