Doug Ford snaps back at Donald Trump's Canada taunts with offer to 'buy Alaska'
CTV
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has snapped back at Donald Trump’s frequent taunts about treating Canada as a U.S. state with a counterproposal: buying Alaska.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has snapped back at Donald Trump’s frequent taunts about treating Canada as a U.S. state with a counterproposal: buying Alaska.
“You know something, to the president I’ll make him a counteroffer; How about if we buy Alaska and throw in Minnesota and Minneapolis at the same time,” Ford said Monday while speaking with reporters about the threat of looming tariffs and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he’ll step down.
Trump has for weeks mocked Canada by referring to Trudeau as “Governor Justin Trudeau” and calling Canada “the 51st state.”
In a recent post on X, Trump’s son Eric also shared a photoshopped image of his father purchasing Canada on Amazon, along with Greenland and the Panama Canal.
The mockery comes amid a threat by Trump to impose a blanket 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods imported into the U.S., starting on his first day in office. Trump has said the only way to avoid the tariff is if Canada stems the flow of drugs and migrants at the border.
Canadian officials, while taking the tariff threat seriously, have mostly shrugged off Trump’s insults.
Ford, for his part, has mostly referred to Trump as having a sense of humour and liking to joke when asked about the comments.
One person was airlifted to hospital after a crash involving a train and a semi north of Edmonton on Tuesday.
An investigation into a fatal glider crash in southern Alberta last year confirmed the pilot managed to get out of his aircraft, but his parachute failed to open.
A threat against the courthouse in New Westminster triggered evacuations in the city’s downtown Tuesday morning, according to authorities.
One person is dead and one person is facing a second-degree murder charge as London police investigate a suspicious death.
The murder trial for a Halifax-area youth accused of participating in the killing of a 16-year-old student last year heard today from an eyewitness to the fatal stabbing.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said 'there isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States,' on the same day U.S. President-elect Donald Trump declared that he’s open to using 'economic force' to acquire Canada.
CTV National News is on board the HMCS Ottawa, embedded with Canadian Navy personnel and currently documenting their work in the East China Sea – a region where China is increasingly flexing its maritime muscle. This is the first of a series of dispatches from the ship.
With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation as Liberal party leader, several well-known political faces may be waiting in the wings for their opportunity to take his place.
U.S. President Joe Biden thanked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, calling him a 'friend,' and adding 'the world is better off because of him.'
Canadians can expect full service for domestic parcels and on-time service guarantees, though Canada Post said some mail will continue to be delayed as it deals with a large amount of items.
Efforts to reduce impaired driving in northeastern Ontario appear to be working in some communities, but are still high as provincial police release results of their Holiday season sobriety checks.