Of course it didn't hurt #DougFord's popularity, the point was to make him *LOOK* like he's standing up to a bully (note, he is a bully himself)!
It was only about #InternationalTrade opportunistically: seize the issue, damn the consequences!
The ad was produced for a domestic, that is #Canadian, audience, was poll tested in #Canada (not the US) prior to being run, & was run over #MarkCarney's (Prime Minister, responsible for International Trade) objections!
This has always been about Ford laying the groundwork for #PierrePoilievre's (The Federal Conservative Leadership) job!
(It's the only strategy Ford knows: fail up! He's a failed drug dealer, ran his dads business into the ground, but managed to sell it off at a profit b/c he'd been elected Premier. He's screwed up #Ontario & wants to fail up again!)
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/anti-tariff-ad-that-derailed-trade-talks-didnt-hurt-doug-fords-popularity-poll-suggests/article_42a9c94a-c4e6-4e40-b6a6-e36f67fffeac.html
#CanPoli #CDNPoli #CanPolitics #USPoli #USTrade #TrumpTariffs #Tarrifs #Ad #TarrifAd #ONPoli #ONPolitics #Conservative #ConservativeParty #Conservatives #CPC #PCPO #PC #tradewar