Ontario suspending 25% surcharge on provincially generated electricity purchased by U.S. states [Video]

Ontario is suspending its promise to add a 25 per cent surcharge on exports of electricity to some U.S. states, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday afternoon.

The move comes after Ford and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick had a “productive conversation about the economic relationship between the United States and Canada,” Ford said in a joint statement posted on social media.

Speaking to reporters at Queen’s Park Tuesday, Ford said Lutnick had “sent out an olive branch” for provincial and federal Canadian officials to meet in Washington to “discuss the future” in the wake of repeated tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. They are set to meet on Thursday, Ford said — and in return, Ontario agreed to suspend …