Doug Ford threatened to cut off power to the United States.
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The Rob Carson ShowAug 25, 2026
Multiple sources report that Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatened on Monday, August 24, 2026, to cut off electricity exports to the U.S.
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… I have a chance to follow Canada very much. Apparently, we got a little fight going on with Canada. I think we had a deal on the table there, and, you know, their limberisted prime minister is going to play tough, and Doug Ford, the former crack addict, says he's going to cut off power to America. You know, really? You want to, you really want to poke the pit bull? Do you really just want to poke that pit bull? …
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Supports. An AP fact check reports that Ford told The Associated Press on Monday that 'everything is on the table' if the dispute worsens, including cutting off electricity from his province.[1]
Supports. The Hill reports that Ford is threatening to cut off Canadian power to the U.S. in retaliation for the trade war, and quotes him: 'We power 1.5 million homes and businesses.'[2]
Supports. Cleveland.com, drawing on the AP interview, reports that Ford threatened to cut off power to 1.5 million homes and businesses in the U.S. over Trump's tariffs, and that Ford said Canada should be ready to cut off electricity to the U.S.[3]
Supports. Reporting from August 24 and 25 describes Ford's Monday press conference threat to cut power exports to the U.S., with Michigan, New York and Minnesota named as the affected states.[4][5]
Context. Later reporting says Ford did not carry out the threat and that Ontario signed a contract to import U.S. power in October, but this does not contradict the claim that he made the threat.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 1, 5 not rated
- 1FACT FOCUS: Could Canada leave US cities in the dark as part of the trade war? Not likelyapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Ontario threatens electricity amid Trump-Canada trade war. What would that mean for US?thehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 3Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatens U.S. over Trump tariff pushcleveland.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Doug Ford threatens to cut Ontario power exports to U.S.apple.news · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Ford's threat to cut power to U.S. amid trade war, explainedthenarwhal.ca · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Ontario to import U.S. electricity this winter, months after Ford threatened to cut power exports | CBC Newscbc.ca · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Ontario is buying 600 MW of American electricity this winterca.finance.yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
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