{"id":28052,"date":"2024-12-12T23:19:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T23:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=28052"},"modified":"2024-12-12T23:19:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T23:19:40","slug":"capt-canada-who-would-have-guessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=28052","title":{"rendered":"Capt Canada&#8230;who would have guessed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Capt-canada.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Capt-canada.jpg 573w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Capt-canada-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 85vw, 573px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Premier Doug Ford leading with no nonsense counter threats to Trump<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;We can&#8217;t just roll over&#8217;: Doug Ford doubles down on threat to shut down energy exports to the U.S.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he&#8217;s dead serious about withholding energy exports to the U.S. if president-elect Donald Trump goes ahead with his plan to hit Canadian goods with steep tariffs that&nbsp;could cripple the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re sending a message to the U.S. You come and attack Ontario,&nbsp;you attack the livelihoods of Ontario and Canadians,&nbsp;we&#8217;re going to use every tool in our toolbox to defend Ontarians and Canadians across the border,&#8221; Ford said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Doug-Ford-Capt-Canada.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Doug-Ford-Capt-Canada.jpg 671w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Doug-Ford-Capt-Canada-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump was asked about Ford&#8217;s threat to halt energy exports on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, where he rang the opening bell Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that the U.S. is &#8220;subsidizing Canada&#8221; and it &#8220;shouldn&#8217;t have to do that&#8221;, apparently a reference to the U.S. trade deficit with Canada.<strong> That deficit, which is not a &#8220;subsidy,<\/strong>&#8221;&nbsp;is driven in part by strong U.S. demand for Canadian oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Edited from CBC News\/December 12\/24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/court-painter-Capt-Canada.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/court-painter-Capt-Canada.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/court-painter-Capt-Canada-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/court-painter-Capt-Canada-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Court Painter seen with latest painting fit for a poster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premier Doug Ford leading with no nonsense counter threats to Trump &#8216;We can&#8217;t just roll over&#8217;: Doug Ford doubles down on threat to shut down energy exports to the U.S. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he&#8217;s dead serious about withholding energy exports to the U.S. if president-elect Donald Trump goes ahead with his plan &hellip; 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