Doug Ford supports President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to cut off electricity to the United States in response to promised tariffs, but several other prime ministers have publicly distanced themselves from the stance. is placed.
Ford said Ontario currently provides power to 1.5 million homes in New York, Michigan and Wisconsin, but it is prepared to temporarily shut it off. “A last resort.”
But since I first came up with the idea on Wednesday, Several other prime ministers have also come out and said they will not follow suit.Daniel Smith of Alberta, Francois Legault of Quebec, and Andrew Furey of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Asked about the apparent division at an unrelated news conference Friday, Ford said, “I don’t speak for the entire country.”
But Ford doubled down on energy threats involving Ontario.
“If it’s Alberta or Quebec, that’s their choice. If they believe in diplomacy, good luck,” he said. “Alberta has a $130 billion oil and gas surplus, God bless you. But I’m talking about 1.5 million households in Michigan, New York and Wisconsin. I’m very clear about that. It’s the electricity that powers our businesses and keeps them running.”
Ford said Ontario is prepared to use “every tool in the toolbox” when it comes to responding to President Trump’s threatened 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods.
But he said it was preferable to reach an agreement.
“Every member of Congress that I’m talking to, every governor, every senator, they’re not hearing the same thing that they’re hearing from the president (the president-elect),” he said. “I’m hearing, let’s start moving, let’s get a deal and get this done. And we’re going to get through this. There may be some bumps in the road, but we’re going to get through it. I’m going.”
