Ontario Premier Doug Ford officially launched his re-election campaign in Windsor, Wednesday in front of the Ambassador Bridge. Standing at the podium in front of a "Protect Ontario" sign, he told the crowd that he couldn't imagine a better place to start his campaign than the manufacturing city. He asked the people of Ontario for "their trust" and for a "strong stable four-year mandate to do whatever it takes" to protect the province. The entire campaign kick-off was focused on Trump's potential tariffs. Ford also mentioned priorities such as cutting red tape and streamlining approvals to "get big things built fast" and "fighting the job-killing Liberal carbon tax." At no point in his campaign launch speech did Ford mention Ontario's crisis in health care. Read More

There’s something peculiar about Doug Ford’s record as premier of Ontario. Read More

Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford pitched himself Wednesday as the best steward of the economy in the face of looming tariffs, but the other party leaders say his record from the last seven years suggests otherwise. Read More

Ontario voters are set to head to the polls in a rare winter election. Read More

Vote Tory to stop Trump’s tariffs: that’s the basic message Ontario Premier Doug Ford was sending voters as he prepared to trigger the province’s 44th general election, dissolving the legislature on Tuesday just two-and-a-half years into his second majority government. Ford said he needs “the largest mandate in Ontario’s history” to stand up to the president’s threats, and if those threats come good, to “invest tens of billions of dollars in unplanned spending and make tough choices.” Read More