Ontario Premier Ford Says Carney Asked Him to Pull Controversial Ad ‘a Couple Times’

Ontario Premier Ford Says Carney Asked Him to Pull Controversial Ad ‘a Couple Times’
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to the media during a press conference at Queen's Park in Toronto on Oct. 27, 2025. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Prime Minister Mark Carney phoned him several times during his trip to Asia, asking Ford to remove an anti-tariff advertisement that angered U.S. President Donald Trump.

“He called me from Asia a couple times and said, ‘pull the ad,’ and I said I wasn’t going to do it until we’re going to pause the ad on Monday [Oct. 27]. And that’s exactly what we did,” Ford told reporters in Queen’s Park on Nov. 3.