Premier Doug Ford says that cutting off the energy supply to the U.S. remains a “last resort” amid the threat of a promised 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods but he is warning that his government is ultimately prepared to use “every tool” in its toolbox “to protect the livelihoods of the people of Ontario.”
Ford made the comment during an unrelated news conference on Thursday morning, one day after he first floated the concept of ceasing to supply energy to the states of New, York, Michigan and Wisconsin.
“It is a last resort. We power 1.5 million homes (in the U.S) and if they put on tariffs it is going to be unaffordable for Americans to buy electricity just like if they put tariffs on the 4.3 million barrels of oil that Alberta is shipping down to the U.S.,” he said. “I don’t think president-elect Trump wants that to happen. But we are sending a message to the U.S. that if you come and attack Ontario, if you come and attack the livelihoods of the people of Ontario and Canadians we are going to use every tool in our toolbox to defend Ontarians and Canadians. Let’s hope it never comes to that point.”
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