U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on U.S. imports today coming from Canada and Mexico.
The president’s executive order hitting Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, took effect at 12:01 a.m. ET.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to talk more about Canada’s response, which will include tariffs on $155 billion worth of American goods, at 10:30 a.m. in Ottawa.
Here’s the latest news (all times Eastern):
12:12 p.m.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is ripping up its contract with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide Starlink internet service to remote areas.
“It’s done, it’s gone,” Ford told a news conference outlining Ontario’s response to U.S. tariffs, which includes removing American booze from LCBO shelves and banning U.S. companies from procurement contracts.
Ford says he also wants to impose a surcharge on electricity the province exports to the U.S., but it wasn’t immediately clear …