A day after it was applied, on Tuesday Ontario suspended a 25% surcharge on electricity exports after Premier Ford received an invitation to meet with Commerce Secretary Howard Lu

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is now apologizing to the American people for the fallout from the ongoing trade negotiations between Canada and the United States — and calling for an end to the “chaos” to save “millions of jobs.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was temporarily suspending his province's planned 25% surcharge on electricity exported to the United States. Ford said U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick agreed to renewed trade talks.

The sudden shifts in trade policy have forced energy regulators and grid operators in northern border states to scramble to assess potential disruptions.

Ford called Tuesday for cooler heads to prevail in the United States’ trade war against Canada, which ratcheted up earlier in the day with U.S. President Donald Trump announcing he would double impending tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada to 50 per cent in response to Ontario’s electricity surcharge.

Eby and Harrison both said B.C. has been hindered in the past because Alberta has its own regulatory scheme for managing power, focused around private providers, while B.C.'s grid relies on the publicly-owned B.C. Hydro.