Eight months after winning an election on the promise to shield the province from the impacts of United States President Donald Trump, the Ford government has only handed out $100 million from its signature Protect Ontario Account.

The Fall Economic Statement, tabled Thursday, confirmed Ontario has given $100 million from a $1 billion fund to tariff-battered Algoma Steel, but has not finalized agreements with any other companies.

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy insisted the money was rolling out as fast as possible, saying more companies were in line to benefit.

“It hasn’t been slow at all,” he told reporters on Thursday. “In fact, we opened up the application process and, of course, a number of companies have applied and we’ve been in the process of adjudicating those application

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