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Canadian Premier shares message to Americans after warning he will shut off power to 1,500,000 customers

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Updated 10:51 6 Mar 2025 GMTPublished 09:27 6 Mar 2025 GMT

Canadian Premier shares message to Americans after warning he will shut off power to 1,500,000 customers

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has clarified where the real 'problem' lies

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has doubled down on his warning about 'cutting off' the US' energy but also apologized 'to the American people'.

US president Donald Trump wasted no time signing off on multiple executive orders after being sworn in as the 47th president of the US.

One order included imposing 'catastrophic' tariffs to 'hold China, Mexico and Canada accountable for their promises to halt the flood of poisonous drugs into the US' by placing 25 percent tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, and 20 percent on China - the order having come into effect after a 30-day pause on March 4.

With Trump suggesting the only solution for Canada to avoid the tariffs being it becoming the US' 'Cherished 51st state,' Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded by revealing counter-tariffs of '25 percent tariffs against CA $155 billion of American goods' beginning with 'tariffs on CA $30 billion worth of goods immediately, and tariffs on the remaining CA $125 billion on American products in 21 days’ time'.

Trudeau also warned Canada is 'in active and ongoing discussions with provinces and territories to pursue several non-tariff measures'.

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Since then, Premier of Ontario, Canada, Doug Ford threatened to shut off the power to 1.5 million US customers.

Ford previously told reporters, as quoted by the Toronto Sun: "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's since taken a slightly more sympathetic approach - to the US public at least - apologizing to 'the American people' and clarifying it's 'unnecessary' but Canada does 'have to retaliate,' emphasizing to CNN: "It's not you; it's your president that's causing this problem."

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Doug Ford has emphasized it's Trump who's the 'problem' (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Doug Ford has emphasized it's Trump who's the 'problem' (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

He said: "We're the number one customer in the world in the United States, we had a great relationship, and want to continue on with that relationship, but I will use every tool in our toolbox to send a message to President Trump that this is the wrong thing 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.

"I didn't start this tariff war, but we're going to win this tariff war."

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Ford has also ripped up the province's contract with Elon Musk's satellite internet company Starlink - a subsidiary of SpaceX - accusing Trump of choosing 'chaos' over shared prosperity.

Trump - you've been warned (Carl Court - Pool/Getty Images)
Trump - you've been warned (Carl Court - Pool/Getty Images)

He argued: "We won’t award contracts to people who enable and encourage economic attacks on our province and our country."

Featured Image Credit: CNN

Topics: US News, Canada, Politics, Donald Trump

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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