Premier Doug Ford says that cutting off the energy supply to the U.S. remains a “last resort” amid the threat of a promised 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods but he is warning that his government is ultimately prepared to use “every tool” in its toolbox “to protect the livelihoods of the people of Ontario.

At a meeting with the prime minister and other premiers, Ontario's Doug Ford said Canada needs to be ‘ready to fight’ if Donald Trump follows through on his 25 per cent tariff threats. Ford even threatened to stop Ontario's energy exports to the U.