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

  • Allison Jones

  • Canadian Press

  • March 10, 2025

Ontario Premier Doug Ford arrives at a press conference on the tariffs that the United States placed on Canada, at Queen's Park in Toronto on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Ontario's surcharge of 25 per cent on electricity exported to the United States goes into effect today, and the government says it could raise that amount even higher, in response to further American escalation.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette