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.

  • Jolly Platypus
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    1838 hours ago

    As an American, I agree 100%. Canada needs to kick our ass. We deserve it.

    • @[email protected]
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      397 hours ago

      I agree with the sentiment but those states are all pretty blue. Trump might just let it happen to widen the divide and somehow claim that it’s punishment for not bending the knee.

      • TheRealKuni
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        53 hours ago

        those states are all pretty blue.

        Minnesota is. Michigan tends to be (especially now that our districts are drawn independently), but we voted for Trump as a state. And New York is mostly red except for NYC.

        I almost want to see our power bills skyrocket in Michigan. But at the same time I know full well the dipshits who voted red (including my own family) will blame everyone else before they blame the people who might end abortion. So it won’t matter. They won’t learn. Instead we’ll all suffer because of their idiocy and they’ll continue to think that we’re winning.

        (In fact they’ll be thrilled because it will mean increased oil and natural gas production to close the gap in demand.)

      • Cruxifux
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        626 hours ago

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

        • @lolrightythen
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          03 hours ago

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

          • Cruxifux
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            93 hours ago

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

            • @lolrightythen
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              -12 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.

              • @[email protected]
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                52 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.

              • Cruxifux
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                151 minutes ago

                You do yourselves a disservice by allowing this to happen.

      • Malle_Yeno
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        355 hours ago

        Given that Canadians don’t typically vote in American elections, I don’t see how that has anything to do with us or should affect our decision making.

        The USA is tariffing us, not just the red states.

        • @[email protected]
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          72 hours ago

          Yeah, the us is bad at thinking everyone is inside their crazy system. It does not matter to us if you state “don’t blame me I voted for Kodos”, at the end of the day you are all citizens of a belligerent nation. Your government is representing you all on the world stage, if you don’t like it do something about it.

      • @[email protected]
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        187 hours ago

        That’s some weird logic. Trump enacts tariffs on Canada,who retaliates in kind, so you’re worried about blue votes. Trump may claim that after the fact, but he’s definitely not playing chess that many moves ahead.

        The dude can barely plan a double jump with hopscotch, much less checkers.

        • Hemingways_Shotgun
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          76 hours ago

          That Ozempic chewing orange twat has never physically jumped in his life, let’s be honest.

        • Null User Object
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          -85 hours ago

          Trump enacts tariffs on Canada.

          Exactly. Trump. Not the states that voted against him. If you want to retaliate, retaliate against Trump. Make him, and the people that voted for him feel the pain.

          Look at the things he’s doing domestically. There’s nothing he and his MAGA dipshits love more than sticking it to the blue states. So, Canada doing something that predominantly hurts blue states isn’t going to hurt Trump at all. Quite the contrary, it’s going to give him huge hard-on.

          So, if your goal is to help Trump, well then carry on.

          • @[email protected]
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            63 hours ago

            Like it or not, Trump’s actions are America’s actions now and we’ll fight back in any way we can.

            Also Canadians are pretty pissed at Americans in general right now

          • @[email protected]
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            95 hours ago

            Cutting off power in blue states will mean that the energy has to come from somewhere else, which means higher demand, and higher costs across multiple states, also red ones.

            And let’s not pretend those “blue states” don’t have very large numbers of maga idiots as well

            • @[email protected]
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              34 hours ago

              Washington State, here. Can confirm. Seattle and Bellingham carry the state blue. Them yokels everywhere else vote red.

              I’ve literally seen Dixie flags here in Washington. Like, how fucking dumb do you need to be?

    • Diplomjodler
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      176 hours ago

      Maybe you guys should just kick out the traitors that very obviously work for a foreign government.