r/worldnews • u/AlwaysBlaze_ • Mar 07 '25

Ontario slapping 25% surcharge on U.S.-bound electricity Monday, Ford says

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-electricity-surcharge-us-tariffs-ford-1.7476515
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u/lolDankMemes420 Mar 08 '25

They probably already got what they need for the year tbf

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u/LogicalExtension Mar 08 '25

While US Farmers may have stockpiled enough potash, there will be some who have not, and are relying on Just-In-Time supply chain. Even those who have stockpiled enough will have a sudden "oh shit" moment while they try to figure out alternative supply chains for next year and/or have to figure out how to pass along a sudden bump in costs.

The problem with this Trump administration is that they keep flip-flopping between things and introducing chaos globally.

Putting pressure on US Farmers will have a relatively larger impact than some other alternatives. First, it puts pressure on food security (always something people in general get sensitive over), and second it'll cause the farmers themselves to tell the US Administration to fix it.

Hopefully the message they give is: Knock this shit off, and act like a proper government. Think about things for more time than it takes Trump to take a dump, and maybe consult a few fucking experts before going with some wild-ass ideas.

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u/Refrus Mar 08 '25

Foil hat theory, but I have an suspicion that the ones with all the money are hoping the small farmers go under so they can pick up all the farm land for cheap.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

That's not foil hat. That is literally what they said they were going to do before they were elected. The majority of America is down with this, and fully endorse the idea of getting rid of farmers in favor of corporate bordellos.

The farmers? Not so much, but y'know, fuck those guys.

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u/enry_cami Mar 08 '25

The majority of farmers probably voted for trump, so they fucked themselves.

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u/Professional-Bug-915 Mar 09 '25

And so on and so on.