A Canadian Premier has said that he will cut power to 1.5 million Americans after Donald Trump announced new tarrifs.
The president, not long after his return to the White House, signed off an what some are calling ‘catastrophic’ tariffs to ‘hold China, Mexico and Canada accountable for their promises to halt the flood of poisonous drugs into the US’ by putting 25% tarifs of imported goods from Canada, Mexico and 10% on China.
Trump then explained that the only ‘solution’ for Canada to avoid the tariffs was to become a ‘cherished 51st State’.
Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, released a statement on March 3 that read: “Today, after a 30-day pause, the United States administration has decided to proceed with imposing 25 percent tariffs on Canadian exports and 10 per cent tariffs on Canadian energy. Let me be unequivocally clear – there is no justification for these actions.”
The White House then release a statement that the tariffs are Trump ‘taking bold action to hold Mexico, Canada, and China accountable to their promises of halting illegal immigration and stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from flowing into our country’.
The order reads: “There is growing production of fentanyl in Canada, and enough fentanyl was seized at the northern border last fiscal year to kill 9.8 million Americans.
“Additionally, illegal border crossings from Canada reached historic new highs every year for the last four fiscal years.”
Ontario Premier Doug Ford shared in a news conference last week: “If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do anything, including cutting off their energy — with a smile on my face.
“They need to feel the pain. They want to come at us hard? We’ve got to go back twice as hard.”
Speaking to NBC, Ford said: “We [Ontario] keep the lights on in 1.5 million homes and [in] manufacturing in New York, in Michigan, and in Minnesota.
“If he wants to destroy our economy and our families, I will shut down the electricity going into the US.”
As reported by the Toronto Sun, he said: “If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do everything — including cut off their energy with a smile on my face.
“They rely on our energy, they need to feel the pain. They want to come at us hard, we’re going to come back twice as hard.”
He added: “That’s exactly what we’re going to do.
“The provinces have a big say in it, but it’s the federal government that’s leading the charge, and we’re going to stand shoulder-to-shoulder no matter who’s in the federal government.”