Ontario Premier Criticizes Trump's Tariffs

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Ontario's premier says Trump's tariffs would be a disaster for US markets

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says tariffs won't work considering how integrated the U.S. and Canadian economies are.

Ford said he has a to plan send hundreds of police officers to the border if they come north.

Ford reiterated he would restrict electricity exports to Michigan , New York and Minnesota if the tariffs are imposed.

Ford also said he's “extremely worried” about Trump ’s plan to launch a mass deportation of millions of undocumented people.

U.S. customs agents seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the Canadian border during the last fiscal year , compared with 21,100 pounds at the Mexican border. Most of the fentanyl reaching the U.S. — where it causes about 70,000 overdose deaths annually — is made by Mexican drug cartels using precursor chemicals smuggled from Asia . On immigration, the U.S. Border Patrol reported 1.53 million encounters with migrants at the southwest border with Mexico between October 2023 and September 2024 . That compares to 23,721 encounters at the Canadian border during that time..