As Trump’s tariffs become a reality, Ontario’s party leaders pitch plans to respond [Video]

With U.S. President Donald Trump making good on his promise to impose steep tariffs on Canadian goods, Ontario’s party leaders are pitching their ideas for how they’d cushion the crippling blow to the province’s economy if elected on Feb. 27. 

Trump is imposing a 25 per cent tariff on most goods from the U.S.’s neighbour and a 10 per cent tariff on Canadian energy products, according to a senior Canadian official who shared details of Trump’s plan with CBC News. 

Earlier in the day, Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford pledged to spend billions to protect Ontario workers and businesses from the unprecedented economic threat. 

“I’m prepared to do whatever is necessary, whatever it takes,” he said at a campaign event in Brampton where he fed a sign with the word “tariffs” on it into a crushing machine. 

The PCs have promised to invest $1 billion in a skills development fund for autoworkers to transition to a different …