Carney opposes Trump’s decision on Lake Ontario

Canada rejects Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario as “Lake America”

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” and said Canadians would continue referring to the lake as Lake Ontario. The statement came as trade tensions between Canada and the United States intensified.

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Canada rejects Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario as “Lake America”

Canada has objected to the renaming of Lake Ontario as “Lake America.” Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision and said Canadians would continue referring to the lake by its historical name, Lake Ontario.

In a statement on the X platform, Carney said the name “Ontario” derived from the Wendat word “Ontari’io.” The prime minister said the word means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is great.”

Carney said the name Lake Ontario is more than 400 years old, emphasizing that it began to be used before both Canadian Confederation and the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

“We know America is changing. Its trade relations, foreign policies, national monuments and the names of bodies of water are changing. Canadians know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario—yesterday, today and always.”

Carney’s statement came after Trump signed an executive order providing for the lake’s name to be changed to “Lake America.” Trump said before signing the order in the Oval Office that the change would take effect immediately.

Canada-U.S. trade tensions

Relations between Canada and the United States have become strained after trade negotiations failed to produce results and the Washington administration imposed new tariffs on Canadian goods. Ottawa responded to the tariffs shortly afterward.

Source: Anadolu Ajansı

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