Summary
Ontario Premier Doug Ford warned that Canada could cut electricity exports to the U.S. in retaliation for Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Canadian goods.
The U.S. imposed a 25% tariff on most Canadian imports, citing border security concerns. Ford emphasized that U.S. states like New York and Michigan rely on Canadian energy and should “feel the pain.”
Canadian officials also announced $155 billion in counter-tariffs.
If enacted, energy restrictions would likely raise prices in the U.S., escalating trade tensions between the two countries.
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I like Cory Doctorow’s plan.
The reason Canada got tariff-free access to sell to the US in the first place? Canada agreed to enforce penalties for tampering with digital locks, following the premise of the Digital Milennium Copyright Act.
If the US is going back on the deal, then Canada should too. Make it legal to jailbreak all US tech.
Doctorow advocating for this plan:
Big up DemocracyNow. Every American should have them as one of their sources of news.
We could stop respecting US copyright laws everywhere outside of the US. That would be hilarious.
I mean I already don’t respect them, but legally they still matter unfortunately.
Now that’s an idea! Hit us back where it hurts, right in the oligarchs
Doctorow likes to put it as “hitting them right in the dongle”.
Thanks for sharing this info mate…It’s a eye opener…Just fuck the technocrats.