Ford experienced Carney's words on tariff ad differently
Ford says he doesn't recall Carney asking him not to run the anti-tariff ad before Trump got angry.
Author of the article:Brian Lilley
Published Nov 03, 2025 • 3 minute read
Ontario's Premier also says he would never apologize to Donald Trump. Read to find what else he said.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford hold a press conference after the first ministers' meeting at TCU Place.
It seems Doug Ford experienced his conversation with Mark Carney a little differently. After being silent for a week about whether he had seen Ford’s anti-tariff ad featuring Ronald Reagan, Carney said on the weekend that he had and asked Ontario’s premier not to run it.
On Monday at Queen’s Park, Ford was peppered with questions from reporters about Carney telling him not to run the ad.
“I had a different recollection of our conversation,” Ford said, declining to go into more detail.
Top advisors to Ford were also loath to discuss the issue, but there was a consensus that no one was left with the impression when Carney first saw the ad that he asked Ford not to run it. That, of course, changed after Trump’s decision to denounce the ad.
Trump’s claims about the ad are utterly false
The ad, which is soft and gentle in tone, had been running for a week when Trump lost it on Truth Social. He declared the ad fake, he called it political interference — an attempt to influence this week’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the legality of tariffs.
Trump later went so far as to claim that the ad must have been generated with AI because he said, Ronald Reagan loved tariffs.
That’s patently false and any reading of history will show that while Reagan used tariffs occasionally, he didn’t like them and often spoke out against them as being detrimental to the American economy. In fact, in the past Trump has said that while he liked Reagan, he thought the late president was wrong on economic matters because he didn’t impose enough tariffs.
This ad has created quite the controversy; it was still being talked about on the highly watched Sunday political shows stateside and it’s causing political headaches in this country. Ford pointed to the impact of the ad, more than 12 billion impressions, despite the province only spending a fraction of the $75 million they had budgeted between October and the end of January.
“But even better, because of that ad, it was on the floor of the Senate. And because of that ad, the Republicans lost the vote,” Ford told the legislature, referencing a vote in the U.S. Senate to repeal Trump’s tariffs on Canada.
“Four Republicans, Madam Speaker, switched sides. They talked about the ad. It’s making a massive, massive difference.”
Will the U.S. Supreme Court toss the tariffs
This week the Supreme Court will hold hearings on the legality of two different types of tariffs. The broad based tariffs are IEEPA tariffs (International Emergency Economic Powers Act) and the tariffs on products such as steel, aluminum and autos are called Sec. 232.
There is a good chance that the court will strike down the IEEPA tariffs, but it’s unlikely that the Sec. 232 tariffs, backed by the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, will be struck down. That law gives presidents broad powers to impose tariffs on specific products citing a national security concern.
While it’s laughable that Canada is a national security threat to the United States, the law appears to give Trump the power to impose those tariffs.
Carney’s story about asking Ford not to run the ad after refusing to answer questions on whether he had even seen the ad just doesn’t make sense. Why wait a week to comment and then claim you had a strong stance all along.
Ford could have easily called Carney a liar on Monday; he was asked to do so multiple times and refused. One thing he didn’t refuse to answer on was Carney’s apology to Trump for the ad airing saying the PM had to make up his own mind, but he wouldn’t have done it.
“I’d never apologize to Donald Trump,” Ford said. “Donald Trump’s trying to destroy our province, destroy our country, steal manufacturing jobs and auto sector jobs, steel jobs, aluminum jobs; the list keeps going on.”
“If you put me on a stretching rack, I wouldn’t apologize,” Ford added.
The saga of the ad, and the fallout, continue.
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Ford says he doesn't recall Carney asking him not to run the anti-tariff ad before Trump got angry.
Author of the article:Brian Lilley
Published Nov 03, 2025 • 3 minute read
Ontario's Premier also says he would never apologize to Donald Trump. Read to find what else he said.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford hold a press conference after the first ministers' meeting at TCU Place.
It seems Doug Ford experienced his conversation with Mark Carney a little differently. After being silent for a week about whether he had seen Ford’s anti-tariff ad featuring Ronald Reagan, Carney said on the weekend that he had and asked Ontario’s premier not to run it.
On Monday at Queen’s Park, Ford was peppered with questions from reporters about Carney telling him not to run the ad.
“I had a different recollection of our conversation,” Ford said, declining to go into more detail.
Top advisors to Ford were also loath to discuss the issue, but there was a consensus that no one was left with the impression when Carney first saw the ad that he asked Ford not to run it. That, of course, changed after Trump’s decision to denounce the ad.
Trump’s claims about the ad are utterly false
The ad, which is soft and gentle in tone, had been running for a week when Trump lost it on Truth Social. He declared the ad fake, he called it political interference — an attempt to influence this week’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the legality of tariffs.
Trump later went so far as to claim that the ad must have been generated with AI because he said, Ronald Reagan loved tariffs.
That’s patently false and any reading of history will show that while Reagan used tariffs occasionally, he didn’t like them and often spoke out against them as being detrimental to the American economy. In fact, in the past Trump has said that while he liked Reagan, he thought the late president was wrong on economic matters because he didn’t impose enough tariffs.
This ad has created quite the controversy; it was still being talked about on the highly watched Sunday political shows stateside and it’s causing political headaches in this country. Ford pointed to the impact of the ad, more than 12 billion impressions, despite the province only spending a fraction of the $75 million they had budgeted between October and the end of January.
“But even better, because of that ad, it was on the floor of the Senate. And because of that ad, the Republicans lost the vote,” Ford told the legislature, referencing a vote in the U.S. Senate to repeal Trump’s tariffs on Canada.
“Four Republicans, Madam Speaker, switched sides. They talked about the ad. It’s making a massive, massive difference.”
Will the U.S. Supreme Court toss the tariffs
This week the Supreme Court will hold hearings on the legality of two different types of tariffs. The broad based tariffs are IEEPA tariffs (International Emergency Economic Powers Act) and the tariffs on products such as steel, aluminum and autos are called Sec. 232.
There is a good chance that the court will strike down the IEEPA tariffs, but it’s unlikely that the Sec. 232 tariffs, backed by the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, will be struck down. That law gives presidents broad powers to impose tariffs on specific products citing a national security concern.
While it’s laughable that Canada is a national security threat to the United States, the law appears to give Trump the power to impose those tariffs.
Carney’s story about asking Ford not to run the ad after refusing to answer questions on whether he had even seen the ad just doesn’t make sense. Why wait a week to comment and then claim you had a strong stance all along.
Ford could have easily called Carney a liar on Monday; he was asked to do so multiple times and refused. One thing he didn’t refuse to answer on was Carney’s apology to Trump for the ad airing saying the PM had to make up his own mind, but he wouldn’t have done it.
“I’d never apologize to Donald Trump,” Ford said. “Donald Trump’s trying to destroy our province, destroy our country, steal manufacturing jobs and auto sector jobs, steel jobs, aluminum jobs; the list keeps going on.”
“If you put me on a stretching rack, I wouldn’t apologize,” Ford added.
The saga of the ad, and the fallout, continue.
LILLEY: Ford experienced Carney's words on tariff ad differently
Ontario's Premier also says he would never apologize to Donald Trump. Read to find what else he said.
