Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs could cost Ontario 500,000 jobs, Doug Ford warns

Ontario’s Doug Ford issued a dire warning on the eve of a meeting between the country’s premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Canada’s response to Donald Trump’s tariff threat, estimating the U.S. president-elect’s plan could cost as many as 500,000 jobs in his province alone.The premiers’ Council of the Federation, of which Mr. Ford is currently the rotating chair, will sit down with Mr. Trudeau in Ottawa on Wednesday to hash out what the country will do to counter Mr. Trump’s vow to impose economically crippling tariffs on Canadian goods – with less than a week to go before he takes office.Canada’s possible responses include imposing its own retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products. The federal government is also not ruling out restricting the flow of energy to the south – despite objections from Western premiers and a warning from Alberta’s Danielle Smith that this would cause a national unity crisis.