# ‘Not very neighbourly’: Toronto Mayor Chow criticizes Trump’s Lake America threat

https://mins.news/en/video/33454

- Global News, 2026-08-26 17:56 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gn-UG5DCcA

> Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow called U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” “not very neighbourly.” Amid U.S. tariffs, Chow backed Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s proposed retaliation, including raising electricity prices, saying Canada would do “whatever it takes.”

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