"The one-minute anti-tariff TV ad, which launched Oct. 14, prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to cancel all trade negotiations with Canada. The ad featured a voiceover from Reagan's April 1987 radio address about free trade, and a series of cinematic shots depicting American scenery and workers. Last week, Trump attacked the ad, which he attributed to Canada rather than Ontario, as fraudulent and fake."
"We generated a conversation that wasn't happening in the U.S. now every single local media, every large media, medium-sized media in the U.S. is talking about it, Ford told reporters at Queen's Park in Toronto on Monday."
"He knew I was running it. I said it very clearly to everyone, Ford told reporters Monday. He saw the ad before I put it out, so did his chief of staff. They both saw"
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said an Ontario government advertisement using Ronald Reagan's 1987 words achieved its goal by prompting U.S. conversation and over a billion impressions. The one-minute ad launched Oct. 14 and used Reagan's April 1987 radio address as a voiceover alongside cinematic shots of American scenery and workers. U.S. President Donald Trump canceled trade negotiations and called the ad fraudulent, blaming Canada rather than Ontario. Ford said he did not intend to provoke Trump but wanted to inform Americans about the impact of tariffs on workers and businesses, and said the prime minister saw the ad before it aired.
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