Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that Prime Minister Mark Carney, along with his chief of staff, watched the province’s anti-tariff television ad featuring Ronald Reagan before it first aired and later drew the retributive ire of U.S. President Donald Trump.

“They both saw it and we moved forward on it,” the Ontario premier told reporters at Queen’s Park, where he defended the quotes from the late former U.S. president that were use in the 60- and 30-second versions of the ad.

“We achieved our goal. As we say, mission accomplished, it was done. They’re talking about it in the U.S. and they weren’t talking about it before I put the ad on. So I’m glad Ronald Reagan was a free trader.”

The goal, he said, was to bring attention to the absence of certain Ontario sectors, chiefly its aut

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