Ontario's 'Captain Canada calls snap election
Politico reported on Saturday that Ontario's Premier Doug Ford threatened an all-out booze ban if President Donald Trump pushes for a trade war with Canada. Though Ford threatened a booze ban in December,
Doug Ford will launch his reelection campaign in Windsor on Wednesday with remarks at 10 a.m., followed by a media availability with reporters.
Premier Doug Ford asked the lieutenant-governor to dissolve the legislature Tuesday afternoon, officially triggering an election campaign in Ontario. CBC’s Mike Crawley has the details.
While Premier Doug Ford insists that U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threat is why he's calling an election 15 months ahead of schedule, there are plenty of reasons why the timing is politically advantageous to Ford and his Ontario PC Party.
OTTAWA - Ontario's legislature will be dissolved on Tuesday and the most populous Canadian province will vote on Feb. 27 to elect its next government, Premier Doug Ford's office said. Read more at straitstimes.
Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation, and Sonny Gagnon, Chief of Aroland First Nation, in a media event from Toronto.
President Donald Trump has issued a “full and unconditional pardon” to Washington, DC, police lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky and officer Terence Sutton for their roles in the death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown, a case that drew protests on the heels of the murder of George Floyd.
Ontario premier Doug Ford sported a hat that looked similar to Trump’s iconic MAGA caps, but with a Canadian twist.
The purpose of asking the electorate to go to the polls more than a year earlier than scheduled, according to Ford, is so he can get a clear mandate on how to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on Canada and, therefore, on the Ontario economy.
Ontario voters are set to head to the polls in a rare winter election. Premier Doug Ford has already been framing the snap election, coming right before an anticipated federal vote, as necessary for a strong mandate in order to best represent Ontario’s interests on the national and world stage.
The hats gained attention after Ontario Premier Doug Ford wore one during a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other premiers in Ottawa last week to discuss Trump's vow to impose tariffs o