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After a campaign of soft and silky ads, Ontario goes the Full Putin on electricity tariffs, vowing to shut the electricity off in three states
American Thinker ^ | 03/12/25 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 03/12/2025 9:58:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Years ago, Russia's leader, Vladimir Putin, was roundly condemned for shutting off energy exports to Ukraine and much of Europe in the dead of winter over payment disputes. I recall reading that someone in Serbia, which got its energy from pipelines from Ukraine, froze to death. Putin was unmoved.

Then, after full blown war was declared in 2014, Putin went for electricity shutoffs, in 2015, and in the past year, through cyberattacks on the country's grid. It was terrible for Ukraine, which had to scramble for alternative suppliers as well as turn to its nuclear reactors to get what it needed. But it was understood by all that this was the wages of this kind of war.

Seems Canada is not waiting around for warfare to start.

Its premier of Ontario has almost instantaneously gone the full nuclear option over tariff disputes with Trump, vowing to shut all electrical exports to Michigan, Minnesota and New York, if President Trump's 25% (and now 50%) tariffs against Canadian alumninum and other goods goes through.

He's gonna let 'em freeze.

Trump has since declared a national emergency in response, which presumably will ease the way for these states to obtain electricity from other sources.

It stands in stark contrast to all the soft and fuzzy ads we have been seeing on Fox News and elsewhere about the friendliness and business benefits of Ontario to Americans. Anybody want to see one of those again after a threat like this?

Trump had a dispute about reciprocal tariffs, vowed 25% tariffs on some Canadian (and Mexican) goods, and rather than negotiate those disputes away, Ontario's governor, Doug Ford, whips out the reciprocal tariffs, O.K., and as those escalated one on top of the next, whipped out the cutoff tool.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dougford; electricity; tariffs; tradewar

1 posted on 03/12/2025 9:58:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

When there is a hand on your throat and you piss the hand off more, you might be a moron.


2 posted on 03/12/2025 10:01:21 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

Can we say lost of income.

How many millions of dollars in revenue will they lose.


3 posted on 03/12/2025 10:08:00 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: SeekAndFind

Canada will eventually not sell electricity at all to the USA if Canada wants to go ‘green’.


4 posted on 03/12/2025 10:11:40 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: SeekAndFind

China has undue influence in Canada. I wonder if any of this kind of tactic, which doesn’t seem quite ‘Canadian’ is driven by China’s influence.

During Trump’s first term, New Yorkers crossing into Canada on foot met with Chinese pilots who were living in the Norad Missile base in Canada that Trudeau had given them for their use.

During the Plandemic, travel was strongly discouraged and when Canadian travelers were returning from overseas, some talked about their experience being processed in an otherwise empty airport by stone faced CCP soldiers who were harsh and intimidating, and wouldn’t let them go home but instead forced them into quarantine.

There were CCP soldiers photographed traversing a roadway on a Canadian island, and then Justine Trudeau said something stupid to Xi and then Trudeau was filmed darting away from the conversation as if he had forgotten how to walk. He was seriously so stunned he could barely function. So Trudeau seemed ‘owned’ and intimidated.

I’ve though Trump wants Canada in order to drive the Chinese from our borders.


5 posted on 03/12/2025 10:12:16 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: SeekAndFind

Indian Point might still have its containment domes.

It might be able to get rebuilt.


6 posted on 03/12/2025 10:15:43 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: ransomnote
“China has undue influence in Canada. I wonder if any of this kind of tactic, which doesn't seem quite ‘Canadian’ is driven by China's influence.”

Didn't the Canadian government “freeze” banking for the people involved in protesting Canada's covid policies? Trying to ruin them financially. Sounds very Chinese to me...

7 posted on 03/12/2025 10:23:18 AM PDT by MRadtke (Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
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To: MRadtke

Good point.


8 posted on 03/12/2025 10:25:41 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: SeekAndFind

Didn’t Ford already fold?🤔


9 posted on 03/12/2025 10:36:15 AM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Full Putin?” What does Putin have to do with this dispute?


10 posted on 03/12/2025 10:59:12 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: BiteYourSelf
Didn’t Ford already fold?

AFAIK he folded yesterday. So why is this being posted?? SMH!

11 posted on 03/12/2025 11:00:04 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (THE BEST IS YET TO COME - (PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP))
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To: SeekAndFind

The US should not depend on basic infrastructure from foreign countries.


12 posted on 03/12/2025 11:04:17 AM PDT by redgolum
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To: rockabyebaby; SeekAndFind

It’s an article from Yesterday—Ford folded yesterday afternoon:

March 11, 2025
After a campaign of soft and silky ads, Ontario goes the Full Putin on electricity tariffs, vowing to shut the electricity off in three states
By Monica Showalter


13 posted on 03/12/2025 11:08:50 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: redgolum

We spent Trillions, and still nothing got built.


14 posted on 03/12/2025 11:14:32 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING 0F AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE oNO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s def time for micro nuke plants in the northeast US.


15 posted on 03/12/2025 12:22:08 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: Alas Babylon!
It’s an article from Yesterday—Ford folded yesterday afternoon:

Yep, I'm well aware, that's why I don't understand why it's being posted again today like Ford decided to go back to the tariff that he cancelled yesterday.

16 posted on 03/12/2025 1:43:23 PM PDT by rockabyebaby (THE BEST IS YET TO COME - (PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP))
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To: SeekAndFind

He’s gonna let ‘em freeze.
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Yeah, sure. Since Ontario has excessive power that gets generated by IWTs when it is not needed, who can they give that to if they are insistent on a 25% surcharge?

New York, Michigan and Minnesota could remind Ford that 1.25 x 0 is still 0....


17 posted on 03/12/2025 1:56:46 PM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: rockabyebaby

No, you are right. Ford didn’t go back to the tariff. He did back down. The OP should be aware but was not.


18 posted on 03/12/2025 4:23:54 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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