launch a multi-million dollar project
against
targeting Republican-controlled counties and using the words of the late president
.
The television spot consists almost entirely of excerpts from Reagan's 1987 speech, in which he defended free trade and criticized tariffs as policies that raise prices and harm American workers.
Ontario Premier
ran commercials ahead of Tuesday's lunchtime show in Toronto.
“We're going to run $75 million in advertising and repeat that message in every Republican district,” said Ford, who has governed Canada's most populous province since 2018. This is equivalent to approximately US$53 million.
“We're just going to tell the truth. You know, this ad isn't nasty. It's actually very truthful.”
Ontario is the heart of Canada's steel and auto industries and has been hit hard by the Trump administration's tariffs on both sectors. The province's unemployment rate rose to 7.9 per cent in September, up from about seven per cent a year earlier, and is even higher in some cities where auto plants are major employers, such as Windsor and Oshawa.
