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Ontario : Application de la Politique de restriction en matière d’approvisionnement aux approvisionnements énergétiques dans le...

Le 8 avril 2025, le ministre de l’Énergie et des Mines de l’Ontario a publié une lettre (la « lettre du ministre ») demandant notamment à la Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario et à la Société indépendante d’exploitation du...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Politique de restriction en matière d’approvisionnement de l’Ontario : approvisionnements énergétiques dans le secteur public

Le 8 avril 2025, le ministre de l’Énergie et des Mines de l’Ontario a publié une lettre (la « lettre du ministre ») demandant notamment à la Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario et à la Société indépendante d’exploitation du...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Ontario Minister of Energy and Mines Seeks to Extend Procurement Restriction Policy to Public Energy

On April 8, 2025, the Ontario Minister of Energy and Mines issued a letter to the Ontario Energy Board and the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) requesting they apply the provincial government’s Procurement...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Power Plays and Fueling Tension: Trade War Ripples Through North American Energy Markets

President Trump's pursuit of U.S. energy dominance, coupled with Canada's response to proposed tariffs, has thrown North American energy markets into uncertainty. With diplomatic and economic tensions mounting between the two...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario impose des tarifs douaniers de 25 % aux exportations d’électricité vers les États-Unis

MISE À JOUR : À environ 15 h (HE) le 11 mars 2025, le premier ministre de l’Ontario a convenu de suspendre les tarifs douaniers de 25 % envisagés sur les exportations d’électricité vers les États-Unis décrits ci-après afin de...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Back-and-forth Levies in the North American Trade War: U.S. Tariffs and Canada’s Response

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We continue to follow the U.S.-Canada trade dispute and will update this post as required. The most recent series of events began with the White House’s March 2, 2025 announcement that, effective 12:01 a.m. EST on...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

On Again, Off Again: Tariff Escalations Between Canada and the United States

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Early Monday, Ontario announced a potential 25 percent increase in electricity prices for three northern U.S. states, Minnesota, New York and Michigan, only to suspend the threatened surcharge after conversations with the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

“Exigent Circumstances:” ISO-NE and the NYISO Scramble to React as an Electricity Trade War Heats Up at the U.S.-Canada Border

U.S. grid operators and policymakers are rushing to prepare for the Trump Administration’s threatened tariffs on imported Canadian electricity and the Canadian reaction, an unprecedented state of affairs disrupting one of the...more

Alston & Bird

U.S./Canada Trade War Heats Up as President Trump Announces Plan to Increase Tariffs

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President Trump has announced that his administration will be increasing tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%. The announcement comes on the heels of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s imposition of a new tax on...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Ontario Imposes 25% Tariff on Electricity Exports to the United States

Ontario’s recently re-elected premier, Doug Ford, has introduced a 25% tariff on all electricity exported from Ontario to the northern border states of New York, Michigan and Minnesota, effective March 10, 2025. The...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

One-month Pause on Tariffs for Some Canadian and Mexican Imports

After the pause on the 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports expired on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, all Canadian and Mexican imports (with the exception of some energy imports at a lower rate) were subject to a 25%...more

Miller Canfield

Important Update on U.S. Tariffs Impacting Ontario Businesses

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The United States has announced the imposition of new tariffs on Canadian goods, effective immediately as of March 4, 2025. These tariffs include a 25% surcharge on a wide range of products imported from Canada....more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

First Shots Fired in the North American Trade War: U.S. Tariffs and Canada’s Immediate Response

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Effective as of 12:01 a.m. EST, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, the United States imposes 25 per cent tariffs on almost all goods imported from Canada. A lower tariff of 10 per cent is imposed on Canadian energy and resource products...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Les tarifs douaniers sont là : Le point sur les mesures tarifaires entre les États-Unis et le Canada

Après des semaines d’incertitude, les nouveaux tarifs douaniers ont finalement été mis en place. De nombreuses entreprises nord-américaines font maintenant face à d’énormes défis. À compter du 4 mars 2025, les importations...more

Bennett Jones LLP

2025 Canadian Infrastructure Trends

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The Canadian infrastructure space saw significant volumes of projects announced and transacted in 2024, primarily driven by government incentivizes and the development of eligible projects through the investment tax credit...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Trump's Tariffs Put American Energy Security In Question

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Saturday, February 1, 2025 may go down as the date the great Trade War began. On that date, less than two weeks following his second inauguration, President Donald J. Trump announced 25% tariffs on both Mexico and Canada...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Tariffs Loom on Natural Gas Imports: Be Prepared

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If you are a seller or purchaser of natural gas imported from Canada or Mexico, or exported to either country, under an NAESB Base Contract for the Purchase and Sale of Natural Gas (NAESB Contract), you should carefully...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

U.S. Tariffs and Canada’s Immediate Response: Reshaping the Landscape of North American Trade?

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Effective as of Tuesday, February 4, 2025, the United States is imposing 25 per cent tariffs on almost all goods imported from Canada. A lower tariff of 10 per cent will be imposed on Canadian energy and resource products...more

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Pre-Election Analysis: US-Canada Cross-Border Issues

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As we look ahead to 2025 and a new US administration and Congress, the relationship between the United States and Canada remains a cornerstone of North American stability and prosperity. However, the landscape of cross-border...more

Hogan Lovells

AFTA NAFTA: USMCA and the path forward

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On 30 September, after an intensive, last-minute flurry of negotiations, Canada joined the United States and Mexico in a new trilateral agreement to replace the original North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA 1.0). ...more

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Though he was apparently ready to go with his “verbal agreement with the Saudis” defense, Elon Musk capitulated to pressure “from his lawyers and investors of Tesla” and agreed to resolve all SEC allegations of wrongdoing,...more

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Infrastructure Series: NAFTA Renegotiation: Energy Infrastructure and Investor-State Disputes

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Negotiations to reshape the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) among the United States, Canada and Mexico have recently intensified as various factors—upcoming elections in Mexico in July and in the United States in...more

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