The ad uses late former president Ronald Reagan's voice from a radio address he gave in 1987

Canadian and American politicians are reacting after Donald Trump condemned an anti-tariff advertisement by the Ontario government.

The ad, which features an audio clip from a radio address of the late former U.S. president Ronald Reagan, was called “fake” by the current U.S. president. Trump also said all trade negotiations with Canada are “hereby terminated.” Reagan made the radio address in April 1987.

In a statement, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute said the ad “misrepresents” Reagan’s address. It also said that the Ontario government “did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks.”

But former Alberta premier Jason Kenney disagreed in a post on X.

He said the foundation does not “own copyright on the public domain statements of a president uttered 40 years ago, and disseminated by the White House.” He called it “laughably ridiculous” that such statements were subject to copyright limitations.

This is just embarrassing.1) The Ontario ad does not misrepresent President Reagan’s anti-tariff radio address in any respect whatsoever. It is a direct replay of his radio address, formatted for a one minute ad. Everything that Reagan said in his pro free trade April, 1987… https://t.co/GevCtRk008

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