Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced he’s calling an early election.
Ford has argued he needs a clear mandate to deal with the newly inaugurated Donald Trump administration in the United States, specifically its threats to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian imports.
Ford’s Progressive Conservatives already hold a strong majority in the provincial legislature as a result of the June 2022 election. The province’s opposition parties have made it clear they’re prepared to co-operate on measures needed to respond to whatever Trump actually does, meaning there’s no obvious need for a provincial election on this issue.
