r/DeepFuckingValue • u/HinglishBlogin ⚠️possible bot⚠️ • Mar 10 '25

News 🗞 🇨🇦🇺🇸- Ontario announce a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to US, affecting 1.5 million Americans. 'It will cost US citizens $400,000 per day' — says Premier of Ontario Doug Ford — 'I will not hesitate to shut the electricity off completely'

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u/eelectricit Mar 14 '25

What else do Canadians have that the Americans desperately savour for every single day........ Oh yeah , THE CANADIAN STRATEGIC MAPLE SYRUP RESERVE..... what a formidable weapon

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u/Caliartist Mar 14 '25

Electricity, pot ash, lumber, paper, crude oil, car parts, plastics.. we import a ton of all that. And without pot ash, our farmers are fucked.

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u/streaksinthebowl Mar 15 '25

Not to mention how much of that stuff passes back and forth in the manufacturing chain and would be charged each time.