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Lutnick targets Ontario in ‘51st state’ remarks, says province underperforms

Lutnick said the Liberal Party is using a U.S. dispute for leverage and called Canada the OECD’s worst-performing nation.

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Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick continues to accuse Canada’s prime minister of “trying to blow up” a deal with the United States to gain “political leverage.”

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that if Ontario were to become a U.S. state, it would rank last among all U.S. states, and criticized Ontario and Canada as a whole for poor economic performance.

·New York, United States
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CTV News broke the news in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday, September 2, 2026.
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