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.

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[–] 117 points 2 years ago (17 children)

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

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    But also - we invite secession!

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Secession is a nice idea, but merging into Canada is a nonstarter.

    Canada is 40 million people, New York is 20 million. That kind of influx would be insane to manage. And that’s just one state…

    I can only think of east/west Germany as the closes parallel and they are still merging the halves.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I agree. I think we'd be better off supporting their new independent nation[-states?] than absorbing them. Too many systemic issues and too large of a population to change overnight, not to mention all the guns. Maybe we could accept Hawaii, I think they're far enough removed from the continental states.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (6 children)

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

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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