Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, Quebec Premier François Legault, and Newfoundland and Labrador's Andrew Furey said bluntly they do not support Ford's threat.

Premier Doug Ford says that cutting off the energy supply to the U.S. remains a “last resort” amid the threat of a promised 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods but he is warning that his government is ultimately prepared to use “every tool” in its toolbox “to protect the livelihoods of the people of Ontario.