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Canada launches ‘tariffs are a tax’ ads in U.S. to push back on Trump - National | Globalnews.ca

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The federal government launches a new ad campaign in the U.S. to remind Americans of the impact of President Trump ’s tariffs on Canadian goods.

The digital billboards read “Tariffs are a tax on hardworking Americans ” and will be installed in Washington , D.C. , and cities like Miami , Philadelphia , Detroit and Atlanta .

A separate social media ad campaign that launched Friday in Canada “will aim to unify and rally Canadians to be loud and proud”.

Earlier this week , in an interview with Fox News , Trump called Canadaone of the nastiest countries to deal with” in trade negotiations under former prime minister Justin Trudeau , and again said Canada is “meant to be our 51st state.” Joly told CNN that Trump ’s annexation talk is “absurd” and further harms average Americans . “Who are the first impacted by all this rhetoric and all this nastiness? It’s ultimately American people themselves,” she said..