Ontario premier threatens to pull US alcohol if Trump imposes tariffs
Kentucky bourbon, Tennessee whiskey, and a range of other American-made booze will vanish from LCBO stores if President Donald Trump imposes a blanket tariff on Canadian goods, Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatened Monday.
맥스카지노I맥스카지노ve sent a direction to the LCBO, if these tariffs come, to clear off every bit of U.S. alcohol off the shelves,맥스카지노 Ford said, noting that the Crown corporation is the largest alcohol purchaser in the world.
맥스카지노They will feel the pain. I will make sure I communicate this to our other premiers that they should be following suit.맥스카지노
Trump retook the Oval Office on Monday afternoon and has long threatened to introduce a 25% tariff on all Canadian and Mexican imports, unless both countries secure their borders against illegal migrants and drugs, on the first day of his administration.
However, reports from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, citing White House sources, suggest that the incoming commander-in-chief will not impose those sanctions on Monday.
Last week, sources confirmed to CTV News that Canada is ready to impose retaliatory tariffs on consumer goods, like Kentucky bourbon and Florida orange juice, if Trump follows through on his threat.
Ford has said his government will support those measures and others, along with what he described Sunday as 맥스카지노additional retaliatory measures맥스카지노 at a provincial level, should they be required. It맥스카지노s unclear what those additional measures include, but the province has previously mused taxing American-made alcohol and cutting off Ontario power to 1.5 million homes south of the border.
Canada previously imposed a tariff on U.S. bourbon and other goods in 2018 in response to Trump맥스카지노s tax on Canadian steel and aluminum. The then president lifted that tariff in 2019, only to reimpose it briefly, and lift it again in 2020.
Ford recalled that exchange while delivering his remarks on Monday at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association Conference in Toronto.
맥스카지노I talked to the great governor of Kentucky. And I remember in the last tariffs, we threw on the bourbon. First thing out of his mouth is 맥스카지노don맥스카지노t touch my bourbon,맥스카지노맥스카지노 Ford said.
맥스카지노And I said, 맥스카지노Governor맥스카지노 맥스카지노 and that맥스카지노s a serious business down there, when you [mess] with their bourbon. It맥스카지노s like messing with our LCBO 맥스카지노 I said, 맥스카지노You know governor, you맥스카지노ve gotta talk to your president, because the first thing we맥스카지노re doing: we맥스카지노re getting your bourbon.맥스카지노
Ontario맥스카지노s next scheduled election is still more than a year away, but new polling shows Ford맥스카지노s Progressive Conservatives maintain a nine-point lead over Bonnie Crombie맥스카지노s Liberals.
Liaison Strategies released the findings of its poll on Monday. It found that if a provincial election were held today 41% of decided and leaning voters would cast their ballot for the PCs.
Ford has not yet ruled out holding an early election before the set date of June 2025, and said last week that if the government is forced to spend cash to stimulate the economy should Trump맥스카지노s tariffs come to pass, he would need to seek a new mandate from voters.
맥스카지노I think, if it comes to it, and we have to spend tens of billions of dollars, we go to the people. Let the people decide,맥스카지노 he said at the time, later suggesting that the tariffs could cost 500,000 Ontario jobs.
Meanwhile, the Liberals맥스카지노 support climbed to 32%, a level the polling company says it hasn맥스카지노t seen since it started the outreach in 2024.
맥스카지노This marks a 2-point increase from last week and a 5-point rise since the start of the year,맥스카지노 David Valentin, principal at Liaison Strategies, said in a news release. 맥스카지노Interestingly, this growth isn맥스카지노t coming at the expense of the PCs but rather from the smaller parties and the Ontario NDP.맥스카지노
Support for the Ontario NDP currently sits at 19%, a two-point drop week-over-week.
The undecided voter rate, according to the poll, is at 26%, which Valentin said is likely to drop if and when an election call is made.
The poll surveyed close to 1,200 Ontario voters between Jan. 15 and 16. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.83%, 19 times out of 20.