Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney revealed on Saturday that he apologized to President Donald Trump for an Ontario government advertisement shown during the World Series, which featured former President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs as a policy instrument.
Carney also told reporters that Ontario Premier Doug Ford showed him the advertisement before its release.
“I told him that for Canadians, it was time to speak, to discuss, to negotiate with the Americans,” Carney said of the incident, “Mr. Ford has made a decision, he is independent, he can do it. But it’s not exactly useful.”
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“We generated a conversation that wasn’t happening in the U.S.,” Ford said. The $75 million ad was aired in Republican-held House districts in the United States.
Trump, whose presidential campaigns have
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