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Randall Denley: Ford needs to push for more U.S. trade against Carney's talk of less

Instead of a complex deal, why not suggest free movement of goods and services across the Canada-U.S. border without tariffs of any sort?

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It’s time for Premier Doug Ford to spell out exactly what Ontario wants from upcoming trade talks with the U.S. His key target audience is Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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Carney’s weekend video claim that, “(m)any of our former strengths, based on our close ties to America, have become weaknesses — weaknesses that we must correct,” suggests that he underestimates how important American trade is to Canada’s biggest province.

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He might want to consult a 2025 report from Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office. Trade with the U.S. made up 77 per cent of Ontario’s total goods exports and 60 per cent of services exports. Those exports accounted for 13 per cent of the province’s GDP and supported 933,000 jobs in 2024, about one in every nine.

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