Following the news that Ontario Premier Doug Ford will impose a 25% retaliatory tariff on electricity sent to the U.S. in response to President Trump’s tariff tax on Canadian goods, Evergreen Action Executive Director Lena Moffitt released the following statement:

“Trump’s so-called ‘little disturbance’ is spiraling into a full-blown disaster. His national tariff tax on Canadian goods and energy triggered an entirely avoidable crisis that threatens to jack up prices and leave families quite literally out in the cold. Trump promised to cut energy prices in half within his first year. Instead, his reckless trade war is doing the opposite—raising costs and jeopardizing the electric grid for 1.5 million families and businesses in Minnesota, Michigan, and New York. These states rely on electricity from Canada to keep the lights on. Now, thanks to Trump’s chaos, working people will foot the bill.

“Republicans’ response? Telling families facing skyrocketing energy bills and potential blackouts to ‘sit tight’ and ‘have a little patience.’ But people can’t afford to wait while their costs soar and frigid temperatures set in. At everyturn, Trump’s decisions are making life more expensive for the very people who trusted him to cut costs. His tariffs are a direct tax on American families—and his attacks on cheaper clean energy are only making the crisis worse.”

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