Ontario Premier Doug Ford has threatened to cut off electricity supply to the United States over President Donald Trump’s steep tariffs against Canada. His warning on Monday (March 3) came a day before Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs on imported Canadian goods and a 10 per cent tariff on Canadian energy came into effect.
Ford has been taking on the US’ costly tariffs against Canada, even calling a snap election in January. He won a third majority government last week after presenting himself as the candidate to stand up to Trump in a possible trade war.
But who is he?
Let’s take a closer look.
Who is Doug Ford?
Doug Ford, the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, oversees Canada’s most populous province – Ontario.
The conservative politician entered politics in 2014 after his late brother Rob discontinued his campaign for mayor of Toronto due to his cancer diagnosis.
While he lost the bid, Ford set a higher aim and was elected the Ontario premier with a majority in 2018. He registered his third consecutive victory as Ontario premier last Thursday (February 27) with a legislative majority, a feat no Ontario leader achieved until now.
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