The Toronto Blue Jays teach us that the “World Series” can be played outside of the USA. And a baseball itself reminds us that earth is round – not flat. Given this, and particularly when the games are based in Toronto, the sport helps reinforce the notion that the world is interconnected, that we cannot stay away from each other, and that we must deal with each other. “World Series” baseball when played in Toronto, in other words, is a perfect anti-protectionist metaphor.
Enter Ontario premier Doug Ford’s viral ad that brings back the words of a free trade icon, former President Ronald Reagan, whose voice is being aired on all four US television networks, including Fox News, for the two “World Series” games this weekend. The ad is pitch perfect. Reagan inked the Canada-US free-trade agreement which resulted in NAFTA and paved the way for the World Trade Organization. Needless to say, Trump felt needled after the ad first appeared on social media, and his subsequent cancellation of all trade talks with Canada was entirely predictable considering the skin-deep presidency.
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