Winnipeg, December 13
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shared a ‘briefing’ with Canadian premiers on Wednesday about the federal government’s plan to strengthen border security and the threat posed by US President-elect Donald Trump. Discussed possible reactions to tariffs accordingly.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporters in Ottawa that the border plan is still being finalized and will incorporate the premier’s suggestions during the meeting. He said that the details will be shared with Canadians in the coming days. After the meeting, he said that we shared the details of the border plan with the premiers and received positive feedback.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford (Doug Ford) says that if Donald Trump (President Donald Trump) implements the threat of imposing heavy taxes on Canadian goods, then Ontario may stop supplying electricity to America. Ford told reporters at Queen’s Park that federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will draw up a list of goods on which Canada could impose retaliatory tariffs, and the Ontario government will draw up a similar list. However, Ford was seen to be alone on this matter when the rest of the country’s electricity producing states refused to do so, terming it as Ford’s personal thinking.
How far we go depends on how far he goes. We will go to the extent of cutting off their electricity. Doug Ford argues that he doesn’t want that to happen but his first duty is to protect Ontarians and Canadians. The Premier of Ontario invited people to stand up for their country.
More than 500 billion dollars of business is done in Ontario, America
It is to be noted that the trade of the province of Ontario alone with the United States is more than 500 billion dollars and if the tax rates are implemented, then the biggest impact will be on Ontario. Doug Ford, when asked if he has made any contact with Trump’s representatives or has any plans to meet with the new president-elect, Doug Ford said that he has not received an invitation.
Despite the lack of evidence for Trump’s claims about illegal fentanyl entering the US from Canada, Canada has pledged to increase border security. It was not clear whether Ford was talking about all Canadian provinces that would freeze energy exports to the US or just Ontario. But Grace Lee, a spokeswoman for Ford, said the point was raised in a meeting between Trudeau and provincial premiers. Lee pointed out that Ontario will power 1.5 million homes in the U.S. in 2023, and Ontario exports large amounts of electricity to Michigan, Minnesota and New York.
Trudeau’s first meeting with the premier after meeting Trump
This was Trudeau’s first meeting with the premiers after his meeting with Trump in Florida. Ford added that Ontario would prefer to continue sending its energy to the US. In an interview, Ford said, “I’m just saying to the president, we’re not the problem. China is the problem. Mexico is the problem. China is sending parts and cars to Mexico, and Mexico is shipping them to the US and Canada with ‘Made in Mexico’ stickers, causing the loss of American and Canadian jobs.”
What do NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative leader Poilever say?
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said now is the time to send signals of unity and show of strength. He said that we need to accept that Trump is bullying. Bullies look for weakness. So they are trolling us. Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilever said every Conservative would tell every American that imposing tariffs on Canada would be a bad idea. But he has repeatedly criticized Trudeau, saying that he is a weak leader who cannot protect Canada from Trump’s threats.
Doug Ford was alone in the case of the threat of power cut to America
Gurmalkiat Singh Kahlon
Vancouver: In response to American President Trump’s statement of increasing tariffs on goods coming from Canada, the Chief Minister of Ontario Doug Ford has become alone in the matter of threatening to stop the electricity sent by Canada to the United States. Power producing provinces such as Alberta. The Chief Ministers of Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador have termed Doug Ford’s statement as his personal statement.
In a meeting of the Chief Ministers of 10 states and three Union Territories invited by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Doug Ford made a statement like a threat to the United States and said that if the newly elected President of the United States, Donald Trump, on billions of dollars of goods going from Canada. If the tariff is imposed, it may be put in crisis by stopping the electricity going to America from Canada. Aside from Doug Ford’s statement, Alberta Premier Daniel Smith launched the protest. Supporting him, the Chief Ministers of Quebec Francois Lagoit and Andrew Fury of Labrador said that they do not support this thinking of the Chief Minister of Ontario.
Responding to a question asked by reporters in New York to know Trump’s reaction to Ford’s statement, at that time he concluded by saying that if someone does that, then it doesn’t matter. But Trump, who will sit on the throne of the White House for the second time on the next January 20, according to his habit, increased the response a little later and reminded the Canadian government that the US gives Canada 100 billion dollars in subsidies every year, which They will not hesitate to take it back.