The Ontario government ad that has triggered President Donald Trump's wrath and his decision to halt trade talks with Canada uses excerpts of a 1987 speech by former U.S. president Ronald Reagan.
Here's what the ad says and the text of Reagan's original speech. The parts of the speech that are used in the ad are highlighted.
WATCH | Ontario ad that uses Reagan's anti-tariff address: See the anti-tariff ad Doug Ford has been airing in the U.S. | Duration 1:01 Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government paid around $75 million to air this ad, featuring remarks from former president Ronald Reagan, on U.S. television stations — a move that has angered President Donald Trump.
Ontario's ad:
"When someone says, 'Let's impose tariffs on foreign imports,' it looks like they're doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes, for a short while, it works — but only for a short time.
But over the long run, such trade barr
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