2025 Ontario Election

[Kilted]

Well. it's official

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/livestory/ford-to-speak-with-reporters-as-source-says-official-ontario-election-call-imminent-9.6622301

 

[The Bread Guy]

I'm going to put this here, given it's coming interestingly close to the election call ....

Ford government being asked to create ‘tariff taskforce’ by labour unions | Globalnews.ca

While Ford has held public meetings with Trudeau and the rest of Canada's Premiers, labour leaders are calling for a union-related task force to help address the tariff response.

globalnews.ca

The Steelworkers are understandably worried about steel & aluminum et. al. in a tariff/tax fight. While supporting some tariffs ...

The United Steelworkers union welcomes new tariffs that will protect jobs in Canada’s steel and aluminum sectors - USW Canada

TORONTO – The United Steelworkers union (USW) applauds today’s implementation of tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum products, following the Government of Canada’s decision to address unfair trade practices. This move is a crucial step in safeguarding domestic industries and preserving union...

usw.ca

... they're not wild about across-the-board taxes

Blanket tariffs will hurt workers on both sides of the border: USW - USW Canada

United Steelworkers union officials in both Canada and the U.S. expressed concern with President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he would impose a blanket 25% tariff on goods from Canada imported into the U.S.

usw.ca

 

[Brad Sallows]

I'm going to put this here, given it's coming interestingly close to the election call ....

The Steelworkers are understandably worried about steel & aluminum et. al. in a tariff/tax fight. While supporting some tariffs ...

... they're not wild about across-the-board taxes

Translation: protect us from foreign competition and to hell with all the other industries for which our outputs are their inputs, but don't hurt our inputs.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Translation: protect us from foreign competition and to hell with all the other industries for which our outputs are their inputs, but don't hurt our inputs.

Maybe a bit pessimistic, but certainly with a significant kernel of truth there. Sort of a variation on the theme of ON/QC dairy.

Still, to be fair, big steel/aluminum employs a lot of people who could be kicked in the nutz (more, based on other tariff actions) from south of us, so I can see individual workers being worried, too.