The question of whether or not the prime minister and his chief of staff saw and approved — either directly or tacitly — an Ontario government anti-tariff ad that set off U.S. President Donald Trump followed Mark Carney to Singapore on Tuesday.
The Prime Minister’s Office said there would be no further comment on the television ad, which last week led to the meltdown of sectoral trade negotiations with the United States.
Dougie says you lie Carney!
Doug Ford claims Mark Carney and Liberal chief of staff saw the Ontario Ronald Regan Ad prior to being in air.
Everyone agreed to move forward on it airing. pic.twitter.com/2FVgyyVosI
— TheRealMrBench (@therealmrbench) October 27, 2025
Ford may have have been lead to believe Carney had no objection to the ad when it was in fact Carney’s desire to use it to scupper any possible deal with Trump or he simply didn’t find it a provocation which makes him dim like Ford.
