SomethingWentWrong

Time will tell. The ad campaign and Trump's reaction to it may play a role in the start of a shift on Republican unity in the States.

From https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/politics/canada-tariffs-senate-vote-trump where some Republican Senators voted with Democrats to end tariffs on Canada:

Sen. Tim Kaine, one of the Democratic co-sponsors of the Canada tariff resolution, said Tuesday that the president’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act was not appropriate. The administration initially argued that fentanyl flowing from Canada into the US was the inciting emergency, and the tariffs were increased last week after the Ontario Premier ran an anti-tariff advertisement invoking quotes from former President Ronald Reagan.

“It is ridiculous to say that fentanyl is an emergency with respect to Canada, and it’s a pretext that’s just used being used to pour more and more tariffs onto Canada,” said Kaine. “And why don’t we pour gasoline on the fire? If they run an ad we don’t like, we’ll increase the tariffs by 10%.”

The ad campaign had an effect so it's reasonable to pause it for now depending how negotiations go.

Doug Ford and Ontario are not alone. BC and Manitoba's Premiers are publicly supporting this ad campaign. Here's a funny video from Manitoba's Premier Wab Kinew about it:

https://xcancel.com/WabKinew/status/1981753253055361219

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There is also an upcoming digital ad campaign soon to be launched by BC focused on lumber tariffs:

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/24/bc-digital-campaign-american-audience/

This article is well written and provides detailed connections between "Freedom Convoy" protesters, Alberta Separatists and other disgruntled people/organizations. A few highlights from the article:

Bruce Pardy, the executive director for an organization called Rights Probe

“In order to really turn the page here to become not just an independent country, but a new and free country, Alberta has to ditch the things that are Canadian that exist in Alberta right now,” Pardy said. “Let’s just list some. A Westminster system of government. A Crown. Single-payer public health-care system, a managerial state and Aboriginal rights, you have to get rid of all of these things. And of all those things, perhaps the elephant in the room is Aboriginal rights.”

Pardy is the executive director of Rights Probe, and the sole staffer listed with the organization, which warns of “the end of Western liberal civilization” on its website. Pardy is also a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, a conservative think tank.

He has created a video paired with California Governor Gavin Newsome making a friendly wager on the Dodgers/Blue Jays series with both together taking shots against Tariffs:

https://xcancel.com/fordnation/status/1981843665669750995

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Cross posted to https://lemmy.ca/c/fuckcars

Doug Ford and his supporters talk about "the war on cars". So on one side of this war we have cars. Who's on the other side of this war? I think it's a war between cars and people and unfortunately Doug is fighting on the cars side against people.

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/premier-doug-ford-is-fighting-the-war-on-cars/article_0388e1ea-76d6-11ef-8a55-87d030a59687.html

BC Premier David Eby is preparing a digital ad campaign stating exactly that. Canadian lumber has higher tarrifs than Russian lumber imported into the USA:

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/24/bc-digital-campaign-american-audience/

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A lot has happened today after Trump's tirade. Ontario's Premier Doug Ford announced he would be suspending this Ad Campaign after consulting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/politics/queens-park/article/doug-ford-says-hell-pause-anti-tariff-ad-that-infuriated-trump-as-of-next-week-but-will-still-show-it-during-world-series/

Manitoba's Premier Wab Kinew has a short video in the same style as the ad where he supports this Ontario Ad Campaign. It's a well done quick response:

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https://xcancel.com/WabKinew/status/1981753253055361219

I think the Ontario Ad is very well done and I'm glad to see a NDP Premier supporting a Conservative Premier on this and a Conservative Premier publicly supporting a Liberal Prime Minister. Canada is uniting and Trump is unhappy.