Ontario is hitting pause on its short-lived anti-tariff television ad campaign in the United States on Monday so that Canada-U.S. trade talks can resume, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday.

Ford said he decided to pull the plug on the campaign after speaking with Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is travelling in Asia for back-to-back summits where he is expected to encounter U.S. President Donald Trump.

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But the premier also said he’ll only stop running the ads after the weekend, so they can play throughout the first two

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