It took just one meeting with Lutnick to reverse his strong stance and start saying:

Mr. Ford insisted Mr. Lutnick somehow wants to “boost up” Canada, despite Mr. Trump’s repeated threats of annexation and tariffs that could cripple Canada’s U.S.-trade-dependent economy.

“They aren’t coming into our country to take over, I’ll tell you that,” Mr. Ford said. “I kind of flip this around. What a compliment. We’ll never be a 51st state. Canada’s not for sale. But isn’t it nice that someone thinks we have the greatest country world, and they want access?”

The Premier’s comments follow last week’s high-stakes trade drama, in which he backed down from imposing a 25-per-cent surcharge on his province’s electricity exports to the U.S. Mr. Ford’s move prompted a vehement reaction from Mr. Trump, who immediately threatened to double the 25-per-cent duties he was about to impose on Canadian steel and aluminum.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-trump-tariffs-doug-ford-response/

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    I always hated Ford UNTIL he wanted to fight back. Now he’s shown he’s a big a pussy as Trump is.

    Fuck Ford.

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    Lol, that was short lived. Just a reminder that PP will do the same, he will talk big before the election and then cave first chance he gets.

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    This is the sort of thing that should be blasted on every Ontarian news channel. This is the guy that rural Ontarians voted for and said was doing a “good enough job”.

    People should know what the person they voted for is doing and how he’s spending their tax money, because this entire trip was also paid for on our dime.

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    From a spineless coward to a traitor huh?

    Not really a surprise, but still quite disappointing. We should be strengthening our stance, not folding like a wet towel. The fact that he’s adding fabric softener and ironing in the meantime is is just plain pathetic.

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    A tiger can’t change its stripes. Too bad Ontarians forgot that during their last election.

    Face-eating leopards and tigers are running rampant there now and I have little sympathy left for ON.

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    DoFo proving once again that he doesn’t give one rat’s ass about Ontarians, only about enriching the already wealthy and sucking Republican dick.

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    What the hell happened at that meeting where he’s gone from threatening to shut off electricity to “it’s a compliment” they want to annex us?

    Fuck off, we already tried giving them what they want, they changed it.

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        I assume you’d prefer that to my resistance.

        That, or you can’t separate the people from the regime oppressing them, in which case you’re just as bad.

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          Fuck off. Your government is an aggressor and we don’t owe you a pat on the back for not making it worse

          If your government is oppressing you, go fight it. Tired of this bullshit of Americans around here wanting cookies for not being republicans.

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    What did luntik told him at that meeting? Life threats or bribe I figure?