Canada reacts to Trump’s Lake America threat with huge sign

WorldPolitics
30 Aug 2026 • 5:34 AM MYT
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Canada reacts to Trump’s Lake America threat with huge sign

  • Canadian leaders have ridiculed Donald Trump's executive order directing US agencies to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America.
  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled a 24-foot billboard on the Canadian shore bearing the message Lake Ontario Now and Always.
  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Wendat Nation Grand Chief Pierre Picard rejected the move, emphasising the lake's Indigenous roots.
  • Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew likened Trump to an over-the-hill rock band attempting to replay old hits to impress his base.
  • The symbolic row comes amid worsening diplomatic and trade relations between the US and Canada following collapsed tariff talks.

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