Ontario premier erects giant sign “Lake Ontario: Now and Forever"

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff stand in front of Lake Ontario sign. (Photo courtesy of Sam Oosterhoff's X page)

In Ontario the province’s premier says it doesn’t matter what Americans say, it will always be Lake Ontario to the rest of the world. Doug Ford unveiled a giant sign near Hamilton on the shore of the Great Lake that says Lake Ontario always and forever. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order last week renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, after a war of words escalated between Ford and Trump when trade talks between Canada and the U.S. broke down.