Ontario Premier Doug Ford predicts up to 500,000 job losses in the province if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump implements tariffs on Canadian goods. Ford urges the federal government to develop a response plan and hints at the possibility of calling an early election to address the economic impact.
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says provincial officials estimate that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Canadian goods could cost up to half a million jobs.
Ford says the actual number of Ontario jobs affected by the tariffs will depend on what sectors are targeted, but the ministries have told him it could be between 450,000 to 500,000.
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