Canadian premier threatens to cut off energy to US in response to Trump tariffs: 'They need to feel the pain'

In effect to President Donald Trump's tariffs, the person of Canada's astir populous state threatened to chopped vigor to the United States with "a grin connected my face," adding that "they request to consciousness the pain."

Ontario Premier Doug Ford doubled down connected his threats during a mining normal Monday. 

"If they privation to effort to annihilate Ontario, I volition bash everything – including cut disconnected their energy with a grin connected my face," helium vowed Monday, the Toronto Sun reported.

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Doug Ford, Ontario's premier, connected Monday threatened to chopped disconnected vigor exports to the United States amid President Donald Trump's caller tariffs. (James Park/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"They trust connected our energy, they request to consciousness the pain. They privation to travel astatine america hard, we’re going to travel backmost doubly arsenic hard," helium added. 

The U.S. is simply a large lawsuit of Canadian electricity, the study states, with New York, Michigan and Minnesota being Ontario’s 3 biggest customers of domestically-produced power.

In 2022, Canada's gross for electricity exports to the U.S. reached a grounds precocious of $5.8 billion, according to the Canada Energy Regulator. 

Ford said helium would lucifer the U.S. tariff for tariff. 

"That’s precisely what we’re going to do," Ford said.

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President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speech anterior to a NATO gathering successful Watford, England, Dec. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

"The provinces person a large accidental successful it, but it’s the national authorities that’s starring the charge, and we’re going to basal shoulder-to-shoulder nary substance who’s successful the national government."

In effect to the Trump tariffs, Canada announced retaliatory tariffs connected U.S. goods connected Tuesday. 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the heads of immoderate Canadian provinces person besides threatened further measures.

"A combat with Canada volition person nary winners," Trudeau said portion speaking to reporters successful Ottawa.

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"We volition ne'er beryllium the 51st state, but helium (Trump) tin bash harm to the Canadian economy, and he’s started this morning, but helium is rapidly going to find out, arsenic American families are going to find out, that that’s going to wounded radical connected some sides of the border," helium added. 

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