Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWQRuRIxMBI
Full address from Reagan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEJhPXjaz5U
The ad was paid for by the Ontario provincial government, not the Canadian federal government. The Ontario government said it planned to pay $54 million (about $75 million Canadian) for the ads to air across multiple American television stations using audio and video of then-President Reagan speaking about tariffs in 1987.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford didn’t back down, posting on Friday that Canada and the U.S. are friends, neighbors and allies “and Reagan knew that both are stronger together.” Ford then provided a link to a Reagan speech where the late president voices opposition to tariffs.
Carney said his government remains ready to continue talks to reduce tariffs in certain sectors.
“We can’t control the trade policy of the United States. We recognize that that policy has fundamentally changed from the 1980s,” he said Friday morning before boarding a flight for a summit in Asia. Trump is set to travel to the same summit Friday evening.
Okay, I tried to find the full ad and every, fucking, media outlet would only show a partial. They all took out the part of costing jobs and how it hurts industry in America. POS, mf, …
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hN_CVvzExpM here it is.
Getting under Trump’s thin skin and getting all of American to pay attention to it after Donald’s tantrum, is worth a lot more than the 75 million Doug paid. And I’m saying this as a major critic of his government spending habits.
If the goal is to keep car manufacturing in Ontario, then this is a step backwards. Trump’s latest tantrum will remind carmakers that he’s gonna set tariffs based on whims, and encourage them to move manufacturing back to the US.
But it’s a good reminder to us Canadians that we need to diversify our trading partners. Maybe even move away from cars in general.
Oil down today…not good for Canada.
Great, let’s reduce our dependence on cars.
