Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie is accusing Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford of not having a plan as Canada gears up for a trade war with the United States.
Crombie says she supports Ford's decision to remove American products from LCBO shelves on Tuesday, when U.S. President Donald Trump's promised 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods are slated to come into effect.
But she says he hasn't done enough to diversify Ontario's economy and he's abandoned the province during a major crisis by focusing on his re-election campaign. At a campaign stop in Ottawa this morning, the Liberal leader did not give specifics on how she would handle the tariff response differently.
Like Ford, she said she would work closely with the federal government and supports knocking down interprovincial trade barriers. Ford justified calling the early election for Feb. 27 by saying he would need a strong mandate to spend tens of billions in economic stimulus, and announced a $22-billion infrastructure that he says would go ahead regardless of U.S. policy.
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