The Name Game: A Bigger Sign of a Deeper Dispute The unveiling of a massive billboard size sign declaring "Lake Ontario" on the Canadian side of the border is being hailed as a snub to Donald Trump's efforts to rebrand the lake as "Lake America.
" This move, spearheaded by Premier Doug Ford, is more than just a rejection of Trump's order for US federal agencies to refer to the lake by its new moniker.
It's a symbolic assertion of Canada's sovereignty over its own geography and a clear message that it won't be bullied into adopting American style nomenclature.