Ontario slaps 25% tax increase on electricity exports to US in response to Trump's trade war
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Ontario’s premier, the leader of Canada’s most populous province, is now charging 25% more for electricity shipped to 1.5 million Americans.

Summary

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to 1.5 million Americans in Minnesota, New York, and Michigan, effective Monday, in response to Trump’s trade war.

The measure will generate CA$300,000-400,000 daily to support Ontario workers and businesses, adding about CA$100 monthly to affected American bills.

Ford threatened further increases or complete shutoff if the US escalates, despite Trump’s one-month tariff reprieve.

This action supplements Canada’s CA$30 billion in federal retaliatory tariffs on various American products.

  • shawn1122@lemm.eeEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    Glad to hear that. Any resources you’d recommend? It sounds like a very level headed way to see things.

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      16 hours ago

      I guess Bookchin would be a good start. And then some western-compatible Zen, like Peter Ralston. Be sure to trace that stuff back also through your own culture because none has really forgotten it, it’s just been suppressed, before you go all “grass is greener on the other side” and try, often in vain, to adopt foreign forms while you could just as well realise what you already have and put fuel on that ember.

      • stringere@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        12 hours ago

        Couple more titles I would also suggest:

        • Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, and the semi-sequel Story of B
        • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
        • Tao of Pooh
    • courageousstep@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      16 hours ago

      I’m so glad you asked! It feels good to find kinship and community in this way!

      Honestly—this is going to sound really woo-woo, but I’m not trying to—I encourage you to take the journey to find the resources yourself. Trust that your own curiosity will lead you to the right entry point and the right format for your mindset and life experiences, whether it’s book, movie, YouTube short, poem, or audiobook. The right teacher will appear when you ask the right questions. I can recommend the book that started me on this journey, but it may not resonate with you and you could lose interest.

      But if you really don’t know where to start, I started with the audiobook version of Braiding Sweetgrass, and paid attention to her lessons on reciprocity and living life directed by the lessons of plants. I then moved on to Restoring the Kinship Worldview, and now I’m listening to Sand Talk. I’m also looking for documentaries.

      Good luck on your journey! Let’s see how many others we can invite along with us!