Ontario Premier Doug Ford has won reelection to lead Canada’s most populous province, giving him the mandate he wanted to fight tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump.

The United States and Canadian officials are in talks about reducing or lifting tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people in the two countries with knowledge of the conversations.

President Donald Trump said Monday that planned tariffs on Mexico and Canada will go into effect on Tuesday, and one Canadian leader is ready to retaliate. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is willing to shut off energy to the United States,

Ontario will put a 25% surcharge on power it sends to 1.5 million homes in Minnesota, Michigan and New York in response to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, Premier Doug Ford said.

Canada’s province of Ontario will slap a 25% export tax on electricity it sends to 1.5 million homes in Minnesota, Michigan and New York, in retaliation for President Trump’s tariffs, said Doug Ford,

Ontario, a Canadian province bordering the United States, has announced plans to impose a 25 per cent export tax on the electricity it supplies to three US states if President Donald Trump’s administration continues to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods.