# Canada installs giant Lake Ontario sign in latest jab at US

https://mins.news/en/item/37187

- BBC News, 2026-08-30 00:17 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpq09594vw7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled a huge Canadian shoreline sign declaring the body of water to be Lake Ontario “now and always”. The move responds to Donald Trump’s order to call it Lake America, amid collapsed trade talks and new 50% US tariffs on Canadian goods. Canada plans matching counter-tariffs next month.

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