Overview
- President Trump publicly terminated negotiations with Canada and said he would raise tariffs on Canadian imports by an additional 10% after the Ontario ad aired.
- Ontario paused the U.S.-targeted commercial after it ran during the first two World Series games, as Premier Doug Ford defended the campaign and said Prime Minister Mark Carney saw it before it aired, a claim the PMO has not confirmed.
- The Reagan Presidential Foundation said the ad misrepresents Reagan’s 1987 remarks and that Ontario did not seek permission to use and edit the audio.
- U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra reportedly delivered a profanity-laced rebuke to Ontario’s Washington representative, David Paterson, prompting Ford to call the behavior unacceptable and demand an apology.
- Reports that sector agreements on steel, aluminum and energy were close now point to a deal being unlikely in the near term, with attention turning to whether talks can be restarted.