Saturday, August 29, 2026

𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐔𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝟏.𝟓 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐒—𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐃𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐍’𝐓 𝐃𝐎 𝐈𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐄

Doug Ford went to the Associated Press with a threat aimed straight at American homes. “𝘞𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 1.5 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴” - M.A. Rothman
 “𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨’𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴”, he added, floating an electricity surcharge and warning on critical minerals, “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰”....
Ontario tried a version of this exact surcharge in March 2025. 
It lasted about 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 before being suspended...

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