In the Penn/Wolfson call, a reporter brought up a report on the CTV News website which said [emphasis added]:

Sources told CTV News that both camps called Canadian diplomats in the U.S. to say the candidates didn’t really mean [their anti-NAFTA rhetoric]. They were just looking for votes in Ohio, where the trade deal is blamed for massive job losses.

Another Clinton spokesman, Phil Singer, responded, “We flatly deny that suggestion and that report….We have had no contact with the Canadian government.”