Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he was with Prime Minister Mark Carney when he watched the controversial anti-tariff advertisement before it aired in the United States.
Ford was asked by reporters on Oct. 29 for details on his previous comment that Carney and his chief of staff, Marc-André Blanchard, had seen the advertisement before it was released. When asked how he knew this, Ford responded, “I was with him.”
When asked whether Carney or Blanchard expressed any concerns about the ad, Ford said he would not discuss their private conversation.
“I told them that we’re running it, I’m going to cut it off on Monday, and that’s it,” he said, adding, “I think it was the right thing to do.”…