Doug Ford will lobby state governors in the US this summer
Is Deer Valley, Utah, ready for him?
Premier Doug Ford is taking his anti-tariff tactics straight to the source. Speaking with reporters this week, Ford shared that he plans to travel to the US this summer to lobby state governors at conferences in South Carolina and Utah.
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In June, he’ll travel to Greenville, South Carolina, for the Southeastern United States–Canadian Provinces Conference, and shortly after that he’ll head to Deer Valley, Utah, for the Western Governors Association’s annual meeting. The Toronto Star reports that he is also planning a trip to Texas.
Until then, “I’m going to be on the phone full steam,” he said.
Ford’s travel plans are taking shape as the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) comes under legally mandated review this year. US President Donald Trump has signalled that he may withdraw the US from the trade pact.
“As everyone knows, President Trump could wake up and we move forward and we get a deal, or [he] might blow up the CUSMA deal, but we have to have plans for everything,” Ford said, per the Star.
He added, “No deal is better than a bad deal.”
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Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
