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[–] Showroom7561 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Doug will change his mind in 3...2...1...

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Doubtful on this one. Keeping the ban in place lets him play up the "belligerent everyman/Captain Canada" image him and his base love so very much. The flip flopping is reserved for shady deals for his developer buddies that he knew were wrong and was just hoping no one would notice.

[–] NotSteve_ 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I absolutely despise Doug but he’s (somehow) a master at images. He, unlike PP, knows that Canadians/Ontarians are in elbows up mode so that’s the role he’s going to play since it really costs him nothing. If Ontario decided tomorrow that they actually love Trump, then he’d be Trump’s best friend in the world

[–] ILikeBoobies 3 points 1 day ago
[–] Showroom7561 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He already flip-flopped on energy going to the states, and that was months ago. Maybe if he kept his word, we wouldn't still be playing this game.

[–] NotSteve_ 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Definitely not sourced but I think there was some assumption that was because the feds told him to hold off

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm with you on that one. Cutting off energy exports is the kind of drastic action that the feds would absolutely be in contact with him about.

[–] Showroom7561 2 points 1 day ago

Ontario didn't have to cut energy off, but they could have added extra fees to the delivery charges. We had leverage, and never made use of it.