Ontario Premier Doug Ford has demanded an apology from the US Ambassador to Canada after what CBC News described as a “expletive-laced tirade" between the envoy and the provincial trade representative.

The tense exchange between US envoy Pete Hoekstra and Ontario trade representative David Paterson took place over a controversial advertisement featuring ex-US president Ronald Reagan’s radio address to criticise Donald Trump’s tariffs, BBC reported. The advertisement prompted Trump to suspend trade talks with Canada and impose an additional 10% tariff on Canadian imports.

The minute-long ad, sponsored by Ontario’s provincial government, features excerpts from Ronald Reagan’s 1987 radio address on free and fair trade- remarks that warned against the dangers of protectionism and high ta

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