Carney asked Ford 'a couple of times' to pull anti-tariff ad, Ont. premier says

Prime Minister Mark Carney called Doug Ford "a mates of times" from Asia to inquire him to propulsion an advertisement run that's being blamed for ending commercialized talks with the United States, the Ontario premier said Monday.

Carney said this play that helium told Ford helium didn't deliberation the state should tally the advertisement that featured clips of erstwhile U.S. president Ronald Reagan speaking negatively astir tariffs.

When asked Monday aft question play astir those remarks, Ford said helium did not privation to divulge details of their conversations, but indicated helium didn't hold with Carney's characterization.

"I had a antithetic recollection of our conversation," helium said.

U.S. President Donald Trump chopped disconnected commercialized talks past month, blaming the TV spots, and Ford agreed to propulsion them but not earlier continuing to tally them for a fewer much days, done World Series games. That prompted Trump to endanger to adhd different 10 per cent tariff connected Canadian goods.

Ford said Monday that Carney, who was connected an authoritative sojourn to Asia, did inquire him much than erstwhile to instrumentality the ads down.

"He called maine from Asia a mates of times and said, 'Pull the ad,' and I said I wasn't going to bash it until we're going to intermission the advertisement connected Monday and that's precisely what we did," Ford said.

The 2 politicians proceed to person a "great relationship," Ford said.

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Carney said Trump was "offended" by the advertisement and said helium apologized to the president. Ford said Carney did not springiness him a heads-up astir the apology.

The Prime Minister's Office did not remark straight connected Ford's remarks.

"The premier curate has addressed this issue," a spokesperson wrote successful a statement.

"As helium has been from the start, helium remains focused connected the national government's work for nonstop engagement with the U.S. administration, and getting to a woody that benefits workers and businesses for some of our nations."

Ford is inactive bullish connected the advertisement helium says has 12.4 cardinal views, suggesting it is the astir viewed advertisement "in the past of the world" and crediting it with starring to a U.S. Senate solution against tariffs.

"It was connected the level of the Senate and due to the fact that of that ad, the Republicans mislaid the vote," Ford said successful the legislature.

"Four Republicans ... switched sides. They talked astir the ad. It's making a massive, monolithic difference."

Ontario's archetypal advertisement run was to outgo $75 cardinal and tally done the winter. Now that it has been pulled, the outgo to taxpayers volition beryllium acold less, but the authorities has not yet fixed a last tally.

Canada-U.S. commercialized talks person not resumed, though the Canadian authorities has said it is acceptable to prime backmost up wherever it near off.