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Olivia Bowden in Toronto

Ontario heads to polls for snap election in face of looming Trump tariffs

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From left: Doug Ford, Mike Schreiner, Bonnie Crombie and Marit Stiles before the Ontario leaders’ debate in Toronto on 17 February 2025. Photograph: Canadian Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Voters in Canada’s most populous province head to the polls on Thursday to elect a new government whose leader may have to face the task of preserving Ontario’s economy in the face of punishing US trade tariffs.

Doug Ford, the Progressive Conservative party leader who has been the province’s premier since 2018, called the snap election last month, arguing that he needs a “strong mandate” to steer the province through any trade war with the US.

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