Ontario to pull ad that angered Trump on Monday, Ford says after weekend’s World Series games

Is the anti-tariff ad really to blame for Canada-U.S. trade negotiations breaking down?U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s terminating all negotiations with Canada, blaming an anti-tariff ad that was broadcast to American audiences. But does Trump’s frustrations go beyond the Ontario government-made ad? The LatestOntario Premier Doug Ford said he will pull a controversial anti-tariff ad Monday, after it airs during the weekend’s World Series games.U.S. President Donald Trump attacked the ad by the Ontario government, which uses quotes by former U.S. president Ronald Reagan to extol the virtues of free trade.Trump said he is terminating all negotiations with Canada after an anti-tariff ad was broadcast to American audiences.Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Friday that Canada is prepared to continue trade talks “when the Americans are ready to have those discussions.”The president’s decision on Thursday night caught the Carney government by surprise, according to sources who spoke to Radio-Canada and CBC News.UpdatesOctober 2414 hours agoWe’re wrapping upNatalie StechysonWe’re wrapping up our live coverage on this story for today. Thanks for following along.In other Canada vs. U.S. news, this country’s only Major League Baseball team is taking on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first game of the World Series. So check out our live coverage this afternoon and evening of the Toronto Blue Jays game.If you’re watching the game in the U.S., you might even see the ad everyone’s been talking about.For more, head to cbc.ca/news.14 hours agoAlberta premier says pulling ad was the right moveDarren MajorAlberta Premier Danielle Smith commented on the anti-tariff ads late Friday. (Amber Bracken/The Canadian Press)Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says pulling the Ontario’s government ad off the air is the right move.”I remain convinced that the path to a positive resolution with our U.S. partners lies in strong, consistent diplomacy and a commitment to working in good faith toward shared priorities,” she posted on social media this afternoon.”I am pleased to see Ontario’s ad campaign is being suspended and I once again urge the federal government to continue negotiating to resolve these tariff issues and restore a free and fair trade agreement with the United States.”15 hours agoTrump fomenting ‘fake outrage,’ says Unifor presidentDarren MajorUnifor National president Lana Payne at a rally in Vancouver on Aug. 28, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)While Trump accused the Ontario government of running a “fake ad,” the head of Canada’s largest private sector union says the only thing fake is the president’s outrage.”From the start, Trump’s intention has been to destroy our industrial base and bully Canada into economic subservience,” Unifor National President Lana Payne said in a statement.”The president’s fake outrage over a TV ad is just his latest ploy to sabotage any progress made by the Canadian negotiating team.”Payne also offered a word of support for Doug Ford.”Premier Ford, whose province has been hit hard by the trade war, understands that we can’t negotiate from our knees. We need to fight back,” she said.15 hours agoFord will pull the Reagan ad — but not before it airs during the World SeriesJohn Paul TaskerOntario Premier Doug Ford says he will pull the controversial Reagan anti-tariff ad airing on U.S. TV next week — but not before it’s seen by millions more Americans over the weekend as it airs during the World Series games.Ford said on social media he made the decision to “pause” the campaign after “speaking with Prime Minister Carney” so that trade talks between the two countries “can resume.””Our intention was always to initiate a conversation about the kind of economy that Americans want to build and the impact of tariffs on workers and businesses. We’ve achieved our goal, having reached U.S. audiences at the highest levels,” Ford said.”The people elected our government to protect Ontario — our workers, businesses, families and communities. That’s exactly what I’m doing,” he said.16 hours agoU.S. Democrats condemn Trump’s ‘tariff temper tantrums’John Paul TaskerU.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in Washington on Thursday. (Kylie Cooper/Reuters)Democrats in the U.S. Congress are lashing out at Trump for his latest Canadian broadside.Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, said his party will force the chamber to vote on Trump’s “damaging” tariffs on Canada next week, levies that he said are “one of the driving forces behind higher prices.” “Americans cannot afford Donald Trump’s price-spiking tariff temper tantrums. These constant tantrums end up costing Americans real money,” Schumer said.Schumer’s not wrong on that point. The U.S. Tax Foundation calls Trump’s tariffs the largest tax hike on Americans since 1993.Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, another Democrat who has been leading the charge against the Canadian tariffs in the upper house, said Trump is prompting “chaos” with his scattered trade policy.”I’m going to do all I can to convince my colleagues it’s time to stop this foolishness,” Kaine said.16 hours agoAnti-tariff ads coming from B.C., tooKatie DeRosaB.C. Premier David Eby in Ottawa in September. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)I’m Katie DeRosa, CBC’s legislative reporter for British Columbia. B.C. Premier David Eby says he’s not backing down from his province’s planned anti-tariff ads that will run in the U.S.“Americans need to hear how tariffs raise prices. We’re making ads to defend British Columbia and Canada’s forestry workers. Our wood faces higher U.S. tariffs than Russia. Absurd. Truth will win!” he posted on social media.Eby is referring to the U.S. administration’s recent hike to tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber, bringing them to a combined 45 per cent. We’ve already seen the fallout of that in forestry-dependent communities in Northern B.C. This week, the family-owned Sinclar Group Forest Products announced it will scale back operations by 40 per cent at three of its sawmills — equivalent to shutting down one mill entirely.As for those B.C. ads — they’re not out yet. But once they hit American airwaves, they’re sure to get Trump’s attention. 16 hours agoTrump administration is ‘unpredictable,’ industry minister saysDarren MajorIndustry Minister Mélanie Joly speaks in Ottawa on Tuesday. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press)Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said earlier this morning that Trump’s decision to abruptly halt trade talks reinforces the need to diversify Canada’s economy.”We already know that there’s only one person in the American administration that takes decisions — and it is President Trump himself. We know that it is an administration that is very unpredictable and this has been part of Canadians’ lives over the last few months,” Joly said at a news conference in Sherbrooke, Que.”We need to make sure that we reduce our dependency on the U.S. and that we support our businesses.”Carney announced earlier this week that the government’s upcoming budget will include a plan to double non-U.S. exports over the next decade.17 hours agoPope Leo has entered the chatJohn Paul TaskerPope references Canada and U.S. as example of allies becoming ‘separate’ from one anotherPope Leo, speaking Friday at a Vatican event that brings members from around the world together, mentioned Canada and the U.S. experiencing ‘difficulties.’ The remarks came not long after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was cutting off trade talks with Canada. Speaking at a church policy event in Vatican City today, Pope Leo has commented on the tension between Canada and the U.S. as Trump torpedoes the trade talks over Ontario’s Reagan ad.Leo, who is American by birth, said the two countries are “experiencing great difficulties.” “Two countries that we once considered the closest allies at times have become separated from one another. And it’s another proof, another expression of why synodality, listening and dialogue are so important and how they have concrete applications in our daily lives,” he said. Synodality is a term used in the Catholic Church to refer to all the faithful working together in collaboration to advance the church’s interests. 17 hours agoTrump and Reagan have a long historyDavid Michael LambDonald Trump previously clashed with former U.S. president Ronald Reagan, pictured, when the latter was alive and in office. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)This isn’t the first time Trump’s policies have clashed with those of Ronald Reagan. Back in 1987, Trump (then a New York real estate developer) took out a full-page ad in the New York Times and other papers criticizing then-president Reagan.In an open letter that reads remarkably similarly to the way Trump talks now, he implied that Reagan was weak. The headline said, “There’s nothing wrong with America’s Foreign Defense Policy that a little backbone can’t cure.”Trump complained that the U.S. was footing the bill to protect allies who refuse to pay for their own defence. “Make Japan, Saudi Arabia, and others pay for the protection we extend as allies,” the letter said.Although he didn’t mention tariffs specifically in the ad, his argument was the same then as it is now. In Trump’s view, Reagan’s policies were turning the U.S. into a laughing stock.17 hours agoToronto-Buffalo relations hold strong despite trade disputeDarren MajorWhile trade talks between Ottawa and Washington have stalled, some Canada-U.S. relations are enduring.The NFL’s Buffalo Bills appear to be backing the Toronto Blue Jays over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the upcoming World Series.“LET’S GO BLUE JAYS,” the football team posted on social media.The Blue Jays have ties with the city of Buffalo. The Buffalo Bisons are the Jays’ Triple-A affiliate and the team also played some home games in Buffalo during the pandemic.The Bills have also played home games in Toronto in the past.LET’S GO BLUE JAYS👏👏👏@BlueJays x #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/h9Ed2g6Yp7—BuffaloBills