Ontario Premier Doug Ford threw the prime minister under the bus, saying he approved a Ronald Reagan ad, which Prime Minister Mark Carney admits is the reason Canada faces a new suite of tariffs.

Carney is set to meet with China’s dictator, President Xi Jinping, in South Korea this week, days after Canada’s foreign affairs minister said Canada aims to strengthen its “strategic partnership” with the communist country.

Alberta’s NDP leader Naheed Nenshi has called Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's attempts to build more pipelines a “pipedream.”

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