"As serious as combatting illegal fentanyl is, its link to these trade decisions is highly questionable. In fact, it appears there are more eggs being smuggled into the U.S. from Canada right now than fentanyl."
-- Matthew Holmes, Executive Vice President and Chief of Public Policy at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Today, I wrote to the governors, senators and congressmen and women from New York, Michigan and Minnesota putting them on notice that Ontario is prepared to add a 25 per cent surcharge to the electricity we export to their states if President Trump’s tariffs remain in place.
If we have to, we won’t hesitate to increase the charge or shut the electricity off completely.
Warren Buffett, the legendary investor, denounced tariffs as ‘an act of war,’ delivering a stark rebuke to Trump's reckless policies. Undeterred, Trump slapped 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, a move that could fuel trade tensions and drive up costs for Americans.
On 9/11, when I was U.S. Ambassador to #NATO, the very first country that came to our defense was #Canada. Canadian forces then fought with us in Afghanistan. Lesson for Americans: Treasure our allies. Respect them. They’re on our side.
BREAKING: Republican Senator Mitch McConnell speaks out against Trump’s tariffs:
“It will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?”
Trudeau cites how “Canadians fought and died” beside you. Cites Iranian hostage crisis. Hurricane Katrina. La fires. 911. “We were always there”. He is not wrong to cite these key moments. The sense of betrayal is palpable.
Amazon’s @NicoleFosterTO has three things on her Congress wish list:
1. New legislation that doesn’t retread over existing laws.
2. A “risk-based approach” that targets “the most concerning” developments.
3. “Norms that are going to be globally sustainable” so that U.S. rules line up with EU, etc.
#TheMessengerAI
Our first panelist Mark Hazeldean @MrHazelden overview where Canada sit on the subject of #AI and the implementation barriers for implementing AI with businesses
What is the one thing you could do to cross the valley of death in #AI? One of the many questions from our guest to our engaging panelists Mark Hazeldean @MrHazelden , Sara El Hanfy @saraelhanfy , Robert Asselin @rasselin66 , and Nicole Foster @NicoleFosterTO@rideauclub