Our country is not for sale, Ford says as he pitches energy plan with U.S. [Video]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has outlined a proposed energy alliance between Canada and the United States designed to unite the two countries as efforts to head off increasingly hostile threats from President-elect Donald Trump continue.

The proposal, which Ontario is calling “Fortress Am-Can,” is being pitched as a “renewed strategic alliance between Canada and America” aimed at achieving energy security and power economic growth for both countries.

On Wednesday, Ford said it “is a beacon of stability, security and long-term prosperity.”

The announcement is a pillar in Ontario’s efforts to convince Trump to walk back threats which have escalated from a promise of 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods to using “economic force” to make Canada U.S.’s 51st state.

“Our country is not for sale — it will never be for sale,” Ford said Wednesday. “But I think we work together for an incredible trade deal.”

The suggestion of Canada …