Ontario Premier Doug Ford has officially called an early election and said he has an economic action plan to respond to potentially devastating U.S. tariffs. But he said the strategy would only be unveiled gradually over the course of the month-long snap campaign.

The leader of Canada’s most populous province says he will be calling an election in Ontario because he says he needs a mandate to fight U.S.

ALSO ON SPEED DIAL — The premier, widely believed to be days away from calling a provincial election, said he speaks with DOMINIC LEBLANC “every day — almost every day” as they coordinate a Team Canada approach to wrangling the Trump administration.

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.

Roughly $900 billion in annual trade between Canada and the United States — and with it, traditionally chummy bilateral ties — is on the brink of upheaval, with President Donald Trump threatening to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada as early as this weekend.

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic Leblanc, left, and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly, right, share a laugh with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford as they leave a press conference to conclude a first ministers meeting, in Ottawa, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

After nearly 16 months of work, the foreign interference commission's final report will be made public. Here's what the report could contain.

Speaking at a Markham fundraiser that was closed to the media, Premier Doug Ford did not mince words about a vote he is expected to trigger as early as next week.

Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives are in the poll position as the governing party revs up for a snap election call Wednesday, a new public opinion survey suggests. The Abacus Data poll for ...

During a news conference to announce a major transit project at Brampton city hall on Friday, Premier Doug Ford confirmed he will officially call a snap election next Wednesday, which would send Ontario residents to the polls on Feb. 27 after a 30-day ...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election Wednesday, using the threat of 25 per cent tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump to justify his early call. That election call would send Ontarians to the polls on Feb. 27, more than a year before ...

A final report on foreign interference, Chrystia Freeland’s tough-on-trade stance and new research on poverty rates among seniors.