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Ontario slaps 25 per cent surcharge on electricity to U.S., warns it could go higher

Published Mar 10, 2025 at 7:27pm

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Ontario slaps 25 per cent surcharge on electricity to U.S., warns it could go higher

Ont-Tariffs 20250310 Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to members of the media at the Queen's Park Legislature in Toronto on Monday March 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Ontario has placed a surcharge of 25 per cent on electricity exported to the United States as of Monday, and the government says it could raise that amount even higher in response to further American escalation.

Premier Doug Ford has announced the price increase on the electricity the province sends to 1.5 million homes in three U.S. states as one of Ontario's retaliatory measures against tariffs imposed on Canadian goods by President Donald Trump.

"Believe me when I say I do not want to do this," Ford said Monday at a press conference.

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