Ontario Premier Doug Ford has doubled down on his previous promise to pull the plug on his province’s energy exports to the United States in retaliation (US imposing 25% tariff on imports from Canada) which would drive up prices for millions of ratepayers in the northeast.
“They rely on our energy, they need to feel the pain,” he told attendees of a mining convention in downtown Toronto on Monday. “They want to come at us hard? We’re going to come back twice as hard.”
“We keep the lights on in 1.5 million homes and manufacturers in New York, Michigan, and Minnesota,” Ford pointed out in a subsequent media appearance. “If he wants to destroy our economy and our families, I will shut down the electricity going down to the U.S. and I’m telling you, we will do it. It’s unfortunate. I would rather ship you more electricity, more energy.”
Ford revealed to the Wall Street Journal that Ontario intends to put a 25% export tax on the electricity it sends to Minnesota, Michigan and New York and will tell the province’s energy producers to shut down U.S. exports entirely if Trump moves ahead with more tariffs in April. More of this article (renewable energy world) - link - stop panicking, he's changed his mind - link - more like this (New York) - link - more like this (hydro) - link
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