Ontario Premier Doug Ford held his first meeting with incoming Prime Minister Mark Carney since Carney's election as Liberal Party leader.

Ford says in a statement that he and Carney had a productive discussion, agreeing on the need to stand firm in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump imposing tariffs on Canadian goods.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and federal Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc suggested Wednesday they want to come out of a meeting with a top U.S. official with a "coherent plan" for the tariff road ahead.

U.S. President Donald Trump is chastising Ontario for using electricity as a bargaining tool to fight off his tariff threats as Premier Doug Ford is set to meet with the U.S. commerce secretary in Washington Thursday.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have agreed to meet on Thursday to “discuss a renewed” United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s April 2 reciprocal tariff deadline.