LATEST UPDATES: Ontario to pause anti-tariff ad that angered Trump — after weekend's World Series games

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Ontario 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.

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.

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.

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.

Pope references Canada and U.S. As example of allies becoming 'separate' from one another

Pope 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.

speech production at a christian church insurance policy case in vatican palace 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.

David Michael Lamb

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. €œMake 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.

While 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👏👏👏<a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlueJays</a> x <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BillsMafia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BillsMafia</a> <a href="https://t.co/h9Ed2g6Yp7">pic.twitter.com/h9Ed2g6Yp7</a>

Premier Wab Kinew voiced his support online of the Ontario premier’s tariff ad.

“To my good friend Doug Ford, keep the ads on TV. They're effective, and this country is behind you,” Kinew said in a short video posted to social media.

President Trump’s tariffs go against Ronald Reagan’s legacy.<br>Doug Ford’s ads are good — keep them on TV 🇨🇦 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/elbowsup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#elbowsup</a> <a href="https://t.co/wpBSYWWKwc">pic.twitter.com/wpBSYWWKwc</a>

During the trade war with the U.S., Kinew has pulled U.S. Liquor off the store shelves and put up a massive Canadian flag on the front of the Manitoba Legislature.

It doesn’t appear that Ontario Premier Doug Ford wants to back down on the ad for now.

<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: When asked if Ontario is pulling the Ronald Reagan TV ads, Ontario Premier Doug Ford tells the <a href="https://twitter.com/globeandmail?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@globeandmail</a>: “I will be running the ad tonight for the World Series” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/onpoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#onpoli</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cdnpoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#cdnpoli</a>

David Michael Lamb

It might be rational to think that the cancellation of tariff talks would reflect badly in the stock markets. But so far that’s not the case.

As of midday, North American markets are up modestly but not in any extreme or unusual way. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 180 points, about 0.6 per cent. In the U.S., the Dow Jones index, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were all up by about one per cent.

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