Ontario Premier Doug Ford is standing by his decision to run an anti-tariff U.S. ad campaign after President Donald Trump halted trade talks with Canada because of it.

Still, Ford said the ads would go on pause starting Monday.

The ad features a clip of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan speaking about the risks that tariffs can pose for countries that implement them, which Trump decried as "fraudulent."

In a statement early on Friday, Ford's office defended the advertisement saying that the clip of Reagan, from one of his public addresses, was unedited and available to the public.

"President Ronald Reagan knew … that tariffs hurt the U.S. economy, workers and families. He was a strong supporter of free and fair trade between Canada and America,” said Grace Lee, a spokesperson for the

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