The start of Donald Trump's second term as president of the United States was a driving force behind Ontario Premier Doug Ford's decision to call an early election, a member of the premier's cabinet says.
CTV News has learned through a senior provincial government source that Premier Doug Ford will call a snap election next Wednesday, with voting set for Feb. 27.
The Ontario premier says he's ready for a street fight if Trump makes good on threats of a trade war with Canada
The Trump administration on Sunday announced they are not moving forward with plans to impose up to a 50 percent tariff on Colombia.
Canada’s outgoing prime minister and the leader of the country’s oil rich province of Alberta are confident Canada can avoid the 25% tariffs President Donald Trump says he will impose on Canada and Mexico on Feb.
Ontario’s take-no-prisoners Premier Doug Ford is threatening to ban U.S. alcohol in stores and cut power to American homes and businesses close to the border in his war on Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs.
TORONTO (AP) — The leader of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, said Friday that he would call an early election, because he says he needs a mandate to fight U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Due to Trump’s tariffs, Canada cannot afford to have the focus of one of its key provincial leaders diverted into trying to win an unnecessary provincial election.
The leader of Ontario said Jan. 24 he will be calling an election next week because he needs a mandate to fight U.S. President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs.
By: Jennifer Bieman Ontario Premier Doug Ford is sending voters to the polls 15 months early, with a snap election he says is needed to deal with the threat posed to Ontario’s economy by U.S. President Donald Trump and his avowed tariffs on Canadian exports.
But Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, the manufacturing hub of Canada ... “If the American economy is going to see the boom that Donald Trump is predicting they are going to need more energy ...