Ford reshuffles his cabinet and widens tariff relief
Ontario widened two tariff-relief programs, the C$1 billion Protect Ontario Financing Program and the C$150 million Ontario Together Trade Fund. Exporters of goods hit by the US measures of September 8 can apply from the day each measure starts. Premier Doug Ford also changed his cabinet. 'We're preparing for the long haul,' he said.
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Ontario says the change gives businesses 'critical capital support so they can keep their doors open, keep workers on the job'. Canada's National Observer quoted John Fraser, the Ontario Liberals' interim leader. He called the change 'sensible' but said it 'opens the door without putting new money on the table'.
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More exporters are scheduled to become eligible for two Ontario tariff-relief programs, each on the day the US measure against its goods starts. Ontario made the change on September 10, 2026, for the C$1 billion Protect Ontario Financing Program and the C$150 million Ontario Together Trade Fund. The first group was due to join on September 15, and the second is scheduled for September 29.
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Government of Ontario
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Ontario Expanding Eligibility for Tariff Support Programs
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Lead paragraph and the paragraphs describing the two programs
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Government of Ontario
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Ontario Expanding Eligibility for Tariff Support Programs (backgrounder)
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The two lists of newly eligible exports
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Government of Ontario (Internet Archive copy)
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Protect Ontario Financing Program (page as updated August 24, 2026)
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Eligibility section