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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra to apologize following an expletive-ridden exchange he reportedly aimed at the province’s trade representative.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford may have sparked a cross-border brouhaha when his government funded and aired an anti-tariff advertisement that infuriated U.S. President Donald Trump, but Ford is now trying to play the role of peacemaker after a high-profile,
Premier Doug Ford says U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra should apologize to Ontario's trade representative over a reported expletive-laden tirade.
In the latest twist over an anti-tariff ad which has upset President Trump, the US ambassador to Canada suggests no trade deal is possible anytime soon. But Ontario premier Doug Ford continues to defend the ad.
Doug Ford said that the Reagan ad that derailed trade talks with Trump is the "best ad that ever ran," as Canada courts Asia for new trade relations.