Ontario’s Doug Ford prods Trump with sign rejecting ‘Lake America’ name
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a new – and very blue – response to United States President Donald Trump’s controversial order renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America”. On Saturday, Ford recorded a video of himself along the lake’s shore near Hamilton, Ontario, where he revealed a baby-blue, billboard-sized sign that reads “Lake Ontario” in large white letters.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: Canada is ranked as one of the US’s top two trading partners, and as of 2024, it is the largest destination for US exports.
- Fact 2: Since Trump took office for a second term in 2025, he has called for Canada to cede its sovereignty and become a US state, and has issued several waves of tariffs against the northern country.
- Fact 3: Earlier this week, Ford escalated his attacks against Trump after trade negotiations between the two countries fell apart, resulting in US tariffs of 50 percent on $20bn worth of Canadian goods.
- Fact 4: Last year, Ford’s government spent $75m on an anti-tariff advertisement featuring the voice of former US President Ronald Reagan, which aired in the US.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a new – and very blue – response to United States President Donald Trump’s controversial order renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America”. On Saturday, Ford recorded a video of himself along the lake’s shore near Hamilton, Ontario, where he revealed a baby-blue, billboard-sized sign that reads “Lake Ontario” in large white letters.
US President Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ Can Trump really rename Lake Ontario, ‘Lake America’? With the US and Canada locked in a trade war, fears of a recession lurk Underneath, a subheading underscores Ford’s message about the name: “Now and Always.” The message is also repeated in French, Canada’s second official language. Ford, who has made a habit of needling the US president, explained that the sign was erected to reaffirm the Great Lake’s name “in case President Trump — or anyone else — forgets”.
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