Ontario Premier defends use of anti-tariff Reagan ad

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00:00We had over a billion impressions around the world, and what we did, we generated a conversation that wasn't happening in the U.S.

00:07Now, every single local media, every large media, medium-sized media in the U.S. is talking about it.

00:13So is every governor, senator, and congressman and woman, not only nationally, but statewide.

00:20And the message is very clear. Protectionism does not work.

00:25And that's the message we have to the American people.

00:28And we're the third-largest trading partner in the world, Ontario, is.

00:33And I wanted to get the message out there.

00:36We achieved our goal, and now we paused it.

00:39My intention was never to poke the president in the eye.

00:43My intention was to inform the American people.

00:46This is serious, and it's going to cost you jobs if we don't have a fair trade deal with your closest friend and ally with Canada.

00:54Well, no, my main focus and my intention was to inform the American people, and we achieved that goal.

01:01He saw the ad before I put it out, so did his chief of staff.

01:05They both saw it, and we moved forward on it.

01:08But again, we achieved our goal.

01:11You know, as we say, mission accomplished.

01:12It was done.

01:13They're talking about it in the U.S., and they weren't talking about it before I put the ad on.

01:19So I'm glad that Ronald Reagan was a free trader.

01:22Well, again, if it wasn't the ad, he'd look out the door or the window of President Trump and say,

01:27oh, the leaves have turned colour.

01:30Let's stop.

01:31Believe me, President Trump is not putting a deal together to benefit Canada.

01:35It's our job.

01:36It's the Prime Minister's job to get a deal that benefits all of Canada.

01:41My job is to protect jobs here in Ontario.

01:44Canada is an economic powerhouse.

01:47You know, we know one thing.

01:48We know the Americans need our oil.

01:50They need our potash.

01:51They need our uranium.

01:53They need our nickel.

01:54They do need our steel.

01:55They need our aluminum, and they need the manufacturing might of Ontario.

02:00We know that.

02:01So I wouldn't ever negotiate through weakness.

02:04I'd negotiate through strength.

02:06That's what President Trump respects.

02:09He's seen the whole world roll over.

02:11I'll tell you, I'm not going to roll over.

02:13I'll never roll over from standing up for the people of Ontario.

02:17That's my job.