Summary

Ontario Premier Doug Ford warned that Canada could cut electricity exports to the U.S. in retaliation for Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Canadian goods.

The U.S. imposed a 25% tariff on most Canadian imports, citing border security concerns. Ford emphasized that U.S. states like New York and Michigan rely on Canadian energy and should “feel the pain.”

Canadian officials also announced $155 billion in counter-tariffs.

If enacted, energy restrictions would likely raise prices in the U.S., escalating trade tensions between the two countries.

  • Cruxifux@feddit.nl
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    7 hours ago

    Im gonna tell you right now, as a Canadian, we do not care what colour your states are.

      • Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4 minutes ago

        Secession is a nice idea, but merging into Canada is a nonstarter.

        Canada is 40 million people, New York is 20 million. That kind of influx would be insane to manage. And that’s just one state…

        I can only think of east/west Germany as the closes parallel and they are still merging the halves.

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      5 hours ago

      Got it. The Americans who have been struggling against this shit storm are still allowed to communicate.

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        4 hours ago

        Yeah well the country you guys are threatening to invade is allowed to have a fucking opinion on it.

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          3 hours ago

          I support that. I invite you to hate on the US government and the assholes that put it in power. But you do yourself and many like me a disservice by acting like all US citizens want this to happen.

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            3 hours ago

            We are not acting like all US citizens wanted this to happen, but we understand that this is happening and what you wanted at this point is not relevant. If you don’t want to be lumped into the rest of your belligerent nation, do something.