Ontario premier fires back at Trump with giant billboard over Lake Ontario name
Ontario Premier Doug Ford put up a large billboard insisting Lake Ontario will keep its name, after Google said it would rename the lake for U.S. users at President Trump's request.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has responded to a dispute over the naming of Lake Ontario by putting up a giant billboard reading "Lake Ontario — Now and Always."
The move comes after tech giant Google announced it would change how the lake appears to its U.S. users, following a demand from President Trump that it be labeled "Lake America" in American maps and services.
A symbolic response
Ford's billboard serves as a symbolic pushback from the Canadian side, asserting that the lake remains Lake Ontario regardless of how it is displayed to American users. Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes and sits on the border between Canada and the United States, making its name a matter of interest to both countries.
The source report did not provide further details on when Google intends to implement the change or whether it would extend to other mapping platforms.
