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This Trump executive order is the most blatant attempt in American history by a president to hand over federal public lands to the logging industry, ... What’s worse, the executive order is built on a lie, as Trump falsely claims that more logging will curb wildfires and protect communities, while the overwhelming weight of evidence shows exactly the opposite.”
said Chad Hanson, wildfire scientist at the John Muir Project
We are going to continue seeing, in the U.S., plants close, assembly lines shut down. In the auto sector, they may last five maybe eights days,
the premier saidIf you're filling up in the Northeast, you'll see price increases first and more significantly,
GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan said in a blog post on Tuesday
There's simply no simple replacement for the products shipped from Irving Oil's refinery. That's the primary supply point for multiple terminals in the area,
TACenergy said in a market commentary published Tuesday morningTariffs can play a role in gas prices, but so do other factors like the price of crude oil, which right now is on the lower side,
she saidHe’s underestimating the Canadian people, the resilience of the Canadian people, and the strength of the Canadian people,
Ford said
I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why this guy’s attacking his closest neighbors, allies and friend. A tariff on Canada is a tax on Americans,
Ford said of the presidentI don't start a tariff war, but we're going to win this tariff war, ... If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do everything—including cut off their energy with a smile on my face, and I'm encouraging every other province to do the same."
he said, adding
They rely on our energy. They need to feel the pain."
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If Trump is imposing tariffs, we are ready. We are ready with $155 billion worth of tariffs, and we're ready with the first tranche of tariffs, which is $30 billion."
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said on Monday_(cropped).jpg)
I'm going after absolutely everything, and I don't want to. We keep the lights on for 1.5 million homes and manufacturing in New York, in Michigan and in Minnesota. If he wants to destroy our economy and our families, I will shut down the electricity going down to the U.S., and I'm telling you we will do it."
Ontario Premier Doug Ford told NBC on MondayWe cannot allow this scourge to continue to harm the USA, and therefore, until it stops, or is seriously limited, the proposed TARIFFS scheduled to go into effect on MARCH FOURTH will, indeed, go into effect, as scheduled,
he wrote
I [didn't] start this tariff war, but we're going to win this tariff war,
the premier vowedWe will respond strongly and we don't want to,
Ford said
Currently, the CBSA only has the one training centre which can pump out under 600 new recruits a year, which is about what our attrition is,
he said
Our staffing levels have gotten to a point where really we're kind of depending on technologies, self-declaration, things like that to hopefully interdict,
he saidI've visited ports of entry where there'll be four people working where they tell me five (or) six years ago there were 12 of them,
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Nothing is off the table, but I doubt that's where we would start,
Wilkinson said
Whether the president agrees and whether he moves to put tariffs in place, ultimately it's going to be the president's decision, and I'm not sure anybody knows what the answer to that's going to be,
Wilkinson saidWe will see higher gasoline prices as a function of energy, higher electricity prices from hydroelectricity from Canada, higher home heating prices associated with natural gas that comes from Canada and higher automobile prices,
Wilkinson told CNBC's Megan Cassella in an interview