Doug Ford
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I think they're playing a huge impact on Canadian politics. They played a huge impact on my election. I was running for a third mandate and I talked about the tariffs. That was the most important issue on all our polling. Tariffs were number one because that affects their lives.
You know, I always say the foundation of our healthcare system, education, our infrastructure, our business, the foundation is our economy. That's what keeps everything going. And when there's an attack on your economy, that affects every other sector here in Canada, but it also affects every sector in the U.S. as well.
You know, I always say the foundation of our healthcare system, education, our infrastructure, our business, the foundation is our economy. That's what keeps everything going. And when there's an attack on your economy, that affects every other sector here in Canada, but it also affects every sector in the U.S. as well.
You know, I always say the foundation of our healthcare system, education, our infrastructure, our business, the foundation is our economy. That's what keeps everything going. And when there's an attack on your economy, that affects every other sector here in Canada, but it also affects every sector in the U.S. as well.
Well, I always look at the glass being half full. I think there's an opportunity to drop these tariffs, build on our strengths. We can be the two strongest, wealthiest, most prosperous countries in the world. If we get the pipeline, the XL pipeline, start heading south, we need to build pipelines east, west, and north as well.
Well, I always look at the glass being half full. I think there's an opportunity to drop these tariffs, build on our strengths. We can be the two strongest, wealthiest, most prosperous countries in the world. If we get the pipeline, the XL pipeline, start heading south, we need to build pipelines east, west, and north as well.
Well, I always look at the glass being half full. I think there's an opportunity to drop these tariffs, build on our strengths. We can be the two strongest, wealthiest, most prosperous countries in the world. If we get the pipeline, the XL pipeline, start heading south, we need to build pipelines east, west, and north as well.
We need to make sure that we get the critical minerals out of the ground and sell them to our friends south of the border. And if they're at capacity, then we ship them around the world to our allies, not our foes. We want to send them to our friends and make Canada stronger. and make the U.S. stronger and more secure. That's what we need to do. We're consumer gluttons in Canada.
We need to make sure that we get the critical minerals out of the ground and sell them to our friends south of the border. And if they're at capacity, then we ship them around the world to our allies, not our foes. We want to send them to our friends and make Canada stronger. and make the U.S. stronger and more secure. That's what we need to do. We're consumer gluttons in Canada.
We need to make sure that we get the critical minerals out of the ground and sell them to our friends south of the border. And if they're at capacity, then we ship them around the world to our allies, not our foes. We want to send them to our friends and make Canada stronger. and make the U.S. stronger and more secure. That's what we need to do. We're consumer gluttons in Canada.
We hit way above our weight for 40 million people.
We hit way above our weight for 40 million people.
We hit way above our weight for 40 million people.
Well, David, I totally disagree with that. Anything to do with protectionism. Do I believe in onshoring? I'll give you a couple examples. Aluminum cans. 65% of the aluminum the U.S. needs comes from Quebec. So we ship down the aluminum, the two big breweries and the two big beverage companies. We ship down the aluminum. They print it, convert it, and ship it back up.
Well, David, I totally disagree with that. Anything to do with protectionism. Do I believe in onshoring? I'll give you a couple examples. Aluminum cans. 65% of the aluminum the U.S. needs comes from Quebec. So we ship down the aluminum, the two big breweries and the two big beverage companies. We ship down the aluminum. They print it, convert it, and ship it back up.
Well, David, I totally disagree with that. Anything to do with protectionism. Do I believe in onshoring? I'll give you a couple examples. Aluminum cans. 65% of the aluminum the U.S. needs comes from Quebec. So we ship down the aluminum, the two big breweries and the two big beverage companies. We ship down the aluminum. They print it, convert it, and ship it back up.
They get hit 25% on the way down, 25% on the way back. It drives up the cost to the consumer. And I have to ask, there's a billion-dollar industry. Why are we not making cans here in Ontario? That's one area. I found out the other day we have three big steel plants, Stelco, DeFasco, and Algoma, and we don't make steel beams here.
They get hit 25% on the way down, 25% on the way back. It drives up the cost to the consumer. And I have to ask, there's a billion-dollar industry. Why are we not making cans here in Ontario? That's one area. I found out the other day we have three big steel plants, Stelco, DeFasco, and Algoma, and we don't make steel beams here.
They get hit 25% on the way down, 25% on the way back. It drives up the cost to the consumer. And I have to ask, there's a billion-dollar industry. Why are we not making cans here in Ontario? That's one area. I found out the other day we have three big steel plants, Stelco, DeFasco, and Algoma, and we don't make steel beams here.
And we have more cranes in the sky in Toronto than New York, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, L.A. They even threw in Honolulu combined. So we need to build steel beams. The last one, I'll give you an example. We ship wheat down to the U.S. and they make cereal. I find out that we don't even have a cereal manufacturer here. We used to. We used to have Kellogg.