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The advert was viewed one billion times as Trump said he has no plans to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Carney.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that Prime Minister Mark Carney, along with his chief of staff, watched the province’s anti-tariff television ad featuring Ronald Reagan before it first aired and later drew the retributive ire of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The ad, commissioned by Doug Ford, Ontario's outspoken Conservative premier who is sometimes compared to Trump, uses a snippet of Republican icon and former President Ronald Reagan saying that tariffs cause trade wars and economic disaster.
Premier Doug Ford ultimately agreed to pull the ad, but not until after it ran during the World Series, angering President Trump.
Doug Ford has built a reputation for picking fights with President Trump and getting under his skin with publicity-grabbing moves as U.S. tariffs have harmed Ontario’s economy.
Ontario's planned new housing legislation could open the door to ending rent control and indefinite leases across the province, advocates warn after a recent proposal by Premier Doug Ford's government.
While making a friendly World Series wager, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told California Gov. Gavin Newsom to “talk to your friend in the Oval Office” if he wants U.S. liquor back on the province’s store shelves.