British Columbia Premier David Eby said the province plans to push ahead with anti-tariff advertisements aimed at the American public, days after US President Donald Trump blamed a campaign by Ontario for his cancellation of trade talks with Canada.

BC had announced the ads last week, with Eby saying at the time they were to defend the province and Canada against the threat from US softwood lumber tariffs.

The premier said on Monday after the scuttling of the US-Canada talks late last week that it remained "crucial" to deliver the message about tariffs directly to Americans, and the province reserved the right to do that, including by advertising.

He told an unrelated news conference that the BC ads were on a different scale from the Ontario government's $75-million campaign, whic

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