The province may need to spend 'tens of billions' to deal with the economic fallout, requiring a new electoral mandate: Ford
Premier Doug Ford further fuelled election speculation on Wednesday by saying he’d have to “put tens of billions of dollars” into the economy if the incoming United States president hits Canada with prolonged tariffs — but that he currently doesn’t have the electoral mandate to do that.
“I'm going to have to put tens of billions of dollars into the economy, to save the economy, to protect Canadian, Ontario jobs. And I don't have a mandate from the people to spend tens of billions of dollars.” Speaking to reporters after the prime minister’s announcement, Ford called on Trudeau to “continue doing his job” and stay focused on fighting the U.S. tariff threat. Trudeau is scheduled to meet with Canada’s premiers on Jan. 15. “Well, I can tell you, my main focus is these tariffs,” he said on Monday when asked to rule out calling an election during that time.
Fraser called on Ford to recall the legislature and create an all-party committee to address the threat of tariffs, similar to the all-hands-on-deck approach during the COVID-19 pandemic. He said this was a “cornerstone of fortress Am-Can,” framed as a renewed alliance between the two countries. “Fortress Am-Can should be powered by Am-Can energy of every type that’s produced, consumed and creates jobs in every region of both countries,” he said.
The province also wants to see a boost to the province’s production of “cancer-fighting medical isotopes at Ontario’s growing fleet of nuclear reactors.”
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