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MONTREAL: The premier of Ontario on Monday defended his ad campaign attacking US tariffs — which prompted President Donald Trump to suspend trade talks — saying it successfully “sparked a conversation.”
“We have achieved our goal,” Doug Ford told reporters in Toronto, saying the advertisement campaign had attracted “over a billion impressions around the world” on social media.
“We generated a conversation that wasn’t happening in the US,” he said.
An infuriated Trump on Thursday broke off trade talks with Ottawa over the ad, which featured the voice of the late US president Ronald Reagan, a Republican party icon.
Ford later said that the ad campaign would be suspended, starting Monday, so trade talks could resume.
But Trump became angered further when it still aired on US television on Friday and Saturday nights during the first two games of baseball’s World Series.
The championship round pits Canada’s Toronto Blue Jays against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Over the weekend, Trump announced an additional 10-percent increase in tariffs on Canadian imports in retaliation for the ad campaign.
Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, has been hit hard by US tariffs, particularly in the automotive sector, where Canadian manufacturing is concentrated.
The ad used quotes from a radio address on trade that Reagan delivered in 1987, in which he warned against the ramifications that he said high tariffs on imports could have on the US economy.
Ford told reporters that Prime Minister Mark Carney and his chief of staff had both viewed the ad before it aired.
On Monday, Trump and Carney were both in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to attend meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations , but had no contact.
The US Republican leader indicated that he did not intend to meet with his Canadian counterpart “for a while.”
 

SALT LAKE CITY: The 22-year-old Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk can appear in court wearing street clothes but must be physically restrained due to security concerns, a judge ruled Monday.
Attorneys for Tyler Robinson argued images of him shackled and in jail clothing would spread widely in a case with extensive press coverage and public interest, which they said could prejudice future jurors.
Judge Tony Graf agreed to make some allowances to protect Robinson’s presumption of innocence before a trial, agreeing that the case has drawn “extraordinary” public and media attention.
“Mr. Robinson shall be dressed as one who is presumed innocent,” Graf said during a virtual court hearing.
Utah prosecutors have charged Robinson with aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 shooting of the conservative activist on a Utah college campus. They plan to seek the death penalty.
While Robinson has no prior criminal history, Graf said the charges he faces are extremely serious and present safety concerns in the courtroom. It’s the court’s highest priority to protect the attorneys, court staff and Robinson himself during what could be emotional hearings, Graf said before denying Robinson’s request to appear without restraints. He did, however, prohibit members of the media from photographing or filming Robinson’s restraints.
Robinson is accused of shooting Kirk — an ally of President Donald Trump who worked to steer young voters toward conservatism — from a rooftop overlooking a crowded courtyard at Utah Valley University in Orem.
Robinson was arrested the following night when he showed up with his parents to turn himself in at his hometown sheriff’s office in southwest Utah, more than a three-hour drive from Orem.
As law enforcement agencies were scouring the state for the shooter, Washington County Sheriff Nate Brooksby said he received a phone call from a retired deputy saying he knew who killed Kirk. Robinson’s family had reached out to the retired deputy, who they knew through their involvement with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and worked with him to help negotiate a peaceful surrender.
“Part of the negotiation of getting him to bring himself in was that, that we would treat it as delicate and as soft as possible to make him feel comfortable to where he would show up at my office,” Brooksby said just after the arrest.
Prosecutors have since revealed incriminating text messages and DNA evidence that they say connect Robinson to the killing.
Robinson reportedly texted his romantic partner that he targeted Kirk because he “had enough of his hatred.”
Graf ordered Robinson to appear on Jan. 16 and Jan. 30 for his first in-person public hearings. He appeared Monday from jail on a blacked out screen and spoke only to confirm he was present.