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Spazito

(55,110 posts)
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 02:29 PM Mar 6

Ontario putting 25% surcharge on U.S.-bound electricity Monday, Ford says

Ontario will charge 25 per cent more for electricity shipped to 1.5 million Americans starting Monday in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, Premier Doug Ford said Thursday.

Ontario provides electricity to Minnesota, New York and Michigan. Earlier this week, Ford warned the governors of those states about the coming changes.

"This Monday, we're putting a tariff, a 25 per cent tariff, on the electricity to the 1.5 million homes and businesses in those three states," Ford said on CNN.

"And honestly, it really bothers me. We have to do this, but I don't want to do this."

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Both Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have said they will not back down until all tariffs are removed.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-electricity-surcharge-us-tariffs-ford-1.7476515


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Ontario putting 25% surcharge on U.S.-bound electricity Monday, Ford says (Original Post) Spazito Mar 6 OP
Great.. can barely afford the national grid bill as it is. kerouac2 Mar 6 #1
I admire people who fight back against evil. Irish_Dem Mar 6 #2
Doug Fraud is a pro-trump traitor to Canada trying to ride the latest wave of our well-justified-patriotism Fords Crackpipe Mar 8 #3
He is a slimebag... Spazito Mar 8 #4

kerouac2

(1,107 posts)
1. Great.. can barely afford the national grid bill as it is.
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 02:46 PM
Mar 6

None of any of this is or was necessary.

$hitler literally could have locked himself in the white house with McDonald's and done nothing for four years but play golf on weekends and the entire world would be better off.

And tens of millions still have faith in these con men, criminals and traitors.

Irish_Dem

(65,951 posts)
2. I admire people who fight back against evil.
Thu Mar 6, 2025, 02:50 PM
Mar 6

Especially when the rest of the word is aligning with the Axis of Evil.
And not fighting back.

Fords Crackpipe

(116 posts)
3. Doug Fraud is a pro-trump traitor to Canada trying to ride the latest wave of our well-justified-patriotism
Sat Mar 8, 2025, 05:14 PM
Mar 8

Doug Fraud is a pro-trump traitor to Canada trying to ride the latest wave of our well-justified-patriotism

1) He already identified repeatedly as a Canadian Maga:
Ford Says His Support for Trump is 'Unwavering'



2) He posed with and was endorsed by an entity listed by the Canadian government as a terrorist organization:
Doug Ford named Proud Boy of the month




3) -He is a sniveling slimy ass fucking right wing conservative weasel just trying to avoid the blowback of his prior praise for tRump,
-Has zero fucking integrity at all
--He is gutting Ontario's universal healthcare system with plans to replace it with a US style private model:
Doug Ford’s Government Wants to Privatize Health Care
https://pressprogress.ca/doug-fords-government-wants-to-privatize-parts-of-the-health-care-system-to-reduce-covid-19-surgical-backlog/?

Furthermore as Premier of ONTARIO he has no authority to stop oil shipments. That is the FEDERAL responsibility of our great, Liberal CANADIAN Prime Miniter Trudeau - who has done more to protect our sovereignty than this worthless shitbag.

Please stop reposting this con shitbag and giving him free airtime. I say that as a Canadian who ACTUALLY values our sovereignty and our healthcare.

If you want to help, repost material from our Prime Minister- Justin Trudeau.

Sincerely,

A Canadian

Spazito

(55,110 posts)
4. He is a slimebag...
Sat Mar 8, 2025, 06:28 PM
Mar 8

I agree with you. He is also doing what the article states and I posted it for that reason. It is electricity that he is threatening a surcharge on and not oil.

Posting an article with facts in it is not in any way saying I support the man, I don't, yet Ontarians voted him back in for a third term with a majority and with full knowledge of the facts you have stated in your post. Why is that???

I have posted statements from Trudeau as have others so it is not as if anyone is touting Ford as someone to support, it is simply reporting the news of what he is doing.

I am also a proud Canadian that supports and values our sovereignty, our healthcare and all the things that go into being Canadian, to imply otherwise is beyond the pale.

I live in Alberta so you are not the only one whose Premier is destroying healthcare and is a buddy of trump but I still will report what smith is doing to go against these tariffs and when I do it doesn't mean I support her because I don't, I despise her as much as you do Ford.


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