Ontario Premier Doug Ford to hold news conference after Trump launches trade war
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to hold a news conference Tuesday after the U.S. imposed sweeping tariffs that could devastate several key industries in the province.
Ford is scheduled to speak and take questions from media at Queen's Park in Toronto starting at 11:30 a.m. ET.
You can watch the news conference live in this story.
With no indication U.S. President Donald Trump intended to reverse course or delay their implementation, long-threatened 25 per cent tariffs on most Canadian goods seem to have gone into effect after a midnight deadline passed. A 10 per cent tariff will also be applied to all Canadian energy exports heading south of the border.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced late Monday that a first volley of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods would also be going into force at the same time. Trudeau is also scheduled to speak to the Canadian public at 10:30 a.m. ET.
You can read more about tariffs, how they work and what they could mean for Canada here.
Ford is currently the head of the Council of the Federation, a group comprised of all of Canada's provincial and territorial leaders.
On Monday, the newly re-elected Ford detailed some of the retaliatory measures he said his government would take in the face of tariffs, including a threat to cut off the flow of electricity from Ontario to the power grid in New York.
Ford has also floated the possibility of a surcharge of every megawatt of power the province supplies to New York, Michigan and Minnesota. Speaking to NBC's Meet the Press on Monday afternoon, Ford similarly said he consider cutting off all exports of nickel, a mineral essential in the manufacture of many goods.
Meanwhile, the LCBO was previously directed to remove all American booze from its shelves should Trump move ahead with a trade war, so presumably that process will begin today.
Ford has also vowed to cancel a $100-million contract with Starlink, a satellite internet company owned by billionaire Elon Musk, one of Trump's closest aides.
Ford has previously expressed support for the federal government to go "dollar for dollar" with retaliatory tariffs against U.S. goods.
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