Canada claps back at Trump's efforts to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
Canadian officials, including Premier Doug Ford, are pushing back against President Trump's executive order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America.' The dispute is part of a broader escalation in trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada, which includes new tariffs.
Why it matters
The symbolic renaming of a geographic landmark serves as a flashpoint for deteriorating diplomatic and economic relations between two major North American allies.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled a giant billboard on the Canadian shoreline on Saturday, with the message "Lake Ontario — Now and Always," hitting back at President Trump's efforts to rename the lake "Lake America." The sign, written in both English and French, was put up near the U.S. border, along a major road many Americans travel on when visiting Canada.
"President Trump can call it whatever he wants, but I can tell you the rest of the world will always call it Lake Ontario," Doug Ford told reporters .
"We're resilient and we're strong Canadians who are always going to protect our sovereignty, always, and we'll never ever back down from a bully, ever."
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