The tense exchange happened after an anti-tariff commercial aired by Ontario infuriated the Trump administration.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called on Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, to apologize to Ontario’s representative in Washington

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is boasting about an anti-tariff advertisement that he says prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to cancel trade talks with Canada. Ford told reporters Monday the ad — which featured a clip of former U.

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.

In his first campaign to lead Ontario, Ford started out as a Trump-style populist. But tariffs changed his view and he is now a consistent thorn in the U.S. president's side.

Republican Sen. David McCormick defended Donald Trump’s latest controversial moves in a rare interview, including the president’s $230 million request for the Justice Department to pay his legal bills, the demolition of the White House’s East Wing, and his party’s handling of the government shutdown.

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,

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called on U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra to apologize for shouting and cursing at Ontario’s trade representative to the United States. “The cheese slipped off the cracker, I get it. You’re ticked off, but call the guy up,” Ford told reporters at a press conference on Wednesday morning.

The premier said the advert was viewed one billion times as Trump said he has no plans to meet with his Canadian counterpart.