Ontario Premier Doug Ford says trade negotiations with the United States are the responsibility of the federal government, which aligns with similar comments made by Prime Minister Mark Carney after Ontario’s anti-tariff advertising campaign led U.S. President Donald Trump to stop trade negotiations with Canada.
“He is the prime minister. I’m the premier. When it comes to national issues—making a deal with the U.S. and anyone else—that falls on [Carney’s] lap,” Ford told reporters on Nov. 4.
“I’m there to support him, suggest ideas, along with every other premier in the country.”
Ontario’s advertising campaign, which aired on U.S. television networks, featured audio from former U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s 1987 address to the nation in which he praised free trade, including with Canada….