So it begins.
Wynne ‘worried’ about Trump threat to Ontario economy
A “shocked” premier Kathleen Wynne is expressing hope U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s anti-trade rhetoric was just campaign bluster.
Speaking to the Star on Wednesday, Wynne said she is “worried” about Trump’s threat to rip up the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that is so vital to Ontario’s economy.
“My biggest fear … is the trade relationship,” the premier said, mindful the United States is far and away the province’s most important trading partner accounting for 80.5 per cent of Ontario exports.
“The degree that this undermines a North American strategy, I think we have to worry about that,” said Wynne, noting Ontario’s thriving auto industry is so entwined with that of Michigan they are interdependent.
The premier also said she was concerned about the impact of a Trump presidency and a Republican Congress on efforts to tackle climate change because the incoming president has claimed global warming is a “Chinese hoax” perpetrated to hobble American manufacturing.
“We’ve made a lot of progress on the climate change discussion globally and if we’ve got a president who really doesn’t see the importance of that, it puts so much at risk,” she said.
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Ontario has entered into a cap-and-trade system with Quebec and California that other states and provinces could join.
“Those sub-national relationships become even more important,” she said, adding national governments are also essential to the crusade.
https://www.thestar.com/news/queens...ed-about-trump-threat-to-ontario-economy.html
Wynne ‘worried’ about Trump threat to Ontario economy
A “shocked” premier Kathleen Wynne is expressing hope U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s anti-trade rhetoric was just campaign bluster.
Speaking to the Star on Wednesday, Wynne said she is “worried” about Trump’s threat to rip up the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that is so vital to Ontario’s economy.
“My biggest fear … is the trade relationship,” the premier said, mindful the United States is far and away the province’s most important trading partner accounting for 80.5 per cent of Ontario exports.
“The degree that this undermines a North American strategy, I think we have to worry about that,” said Wynne, noting Ontario’s thriving auto industry is so entwined with that of Michigan they are interdependent.
The premier also said she was concerned about the impact of a Trump presidency and a Republican Congress on efforts to tackle climate change because the incoming president has claimed global warming is a “Chinese hoax” perpetrated to hobble American manufacturing.
“We’ve made a lot of progress on the climate change discussion globally and if we’ve got a president who really doesn’t see the importance of that, it puts so much at risk,” she said.
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Ontario has entered into a cap-and-trade system with Quebec and California that other states and provinces could join.
“Those sub-national relationships become even more important,” she said, adding national governments are also essential to the crusade.
https://www.thestar.com/news/queens...ed-about-trump-threat-to-ontario-economy.html
