Doug Ford Boasts About ‘Best Ad I Ever Ran’ in Dig at Trump
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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 is standing by his decision to run an anti-tariff U.S. ad campaign after President Donald Trump halted trade talks with Canada because of it.
Ontario's ad criticizing tariffs aired during the World Series, hours after President Donald Trump said he'd slap new tariffs on Canada.
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.
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.