Summary

Ontario Premier Doug Ford warned that Canada could cut electricity exports to the U.S. in retaliation for Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Canadian goods.

The U.S. imposed a 25% tariff on most Canadian imports, citing border security concerns. Ford emphasized that U.S. states like New York and Michigan rely on Canadian energy and should “feel the pain.”

Canadian officials also announced $155 billion in counter-tariffs.

If enacted, energy restrictions would likely raise prices in the U.S., escalating trade tensions between the two countries.

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    11 hours ago

    Why is the fairness meter of the article “unfair left leaning”, when it just reports on something someone said?

    I don’t see any opinion piece there, but pretty much just direct quoting

    How can this be even left or right leaning? Oo

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      10 hours ago

      In the US, reporting on simple facts makes you “radical left” while obvious propaganda makes you “right leaning”.

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      9 hours ago

      Why is the fairness meter of the article “unfair left leaning”

      It isn’t; that article is rated neutral/fair. You need to vote on the fairness rating yourself first, then it’ll show you the average score

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          9 hours ago

          Yeah, I don’t know why it just doesn’t show the needle at all until you vote

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      9 hours ago

      It’s supposed to be for the publication as a whole, not the specific article. No idea what metric they’re using, though.

      Edit: Never mind, was talking about something else.

      • naeap@sopuli.xyz
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        4 hours ago

        Yeah, I thought it’s showing me the current voting already.
        In another comment someone explained to me, that this is just the default position before the vote - which I find pretty intuitive unintuitive.
        But maybe that’s just me…

    • rustydrd@sh.itjust.works
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      10 hours ago

      Because many people in the US (and elsewhere, sadly) are not media-literate enough to understand the difference between the veracity of an article and their opinion about it.