Ontario threatened to cut off U.S. critical minerals supply. Sudbury isn’t panicking

By Elissa Mendes With each development in U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada, many Ontario cities have received news of tariffs on Canadian goods with panic and devastation for their local industries. A Hamilton official last year warned that tariffs in the steel town could spell “the end of the industry” and thousands of jobs lost. In Oshawa, autoworkers already mourning the steady decline of the industry feared for their ability to put food on the table. But even as Ontario Premier Doug Ford has threatened to cut off the flow of critical minerals to the United States in response to the latest round of Trump’s tariffs, the province’s mining capital appears unshaken, minimizing trade fears as it doubles down on getting its product to other markets. Sudbury…

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