The leader of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, has kicked off his provincial election campaign, saying he needs a strong mandate to fight the tariffs threatened by U.S.

Currently held by Progressive Conservative Anthony Leardi, who took 51 per cent of the vote in the 2022 election, the Essex riding was held by the NDP’s Taras Natyshak for three terms, from 2011-2022, and before that by Liberal Bruce Crozier from 1999-2011.

Donald Trump has said the U.S. doesn’t want or need Canadian cars despite signing a free-trade deal with Canada and Mexico in his first term

Doug Ford will launch his election campaign in Windsor today. And a political scientist at the University of Windsor says she expects him to make the border city a prominent backdrop for his campaign.

Ontario premier Doug Ford has triggered an early election in the province, saying he needs a strong mandate to take on the tariff threat.

Provincial progressive conservative leader adds $1 billion to skills development fund as auto industry faces struggles with slowing market growth and looming U.S. export tariff threat.

The 25% tax that President Donald Trump plans to slap as soon as Saturday on imports from Canada and Mexico could drive up the price of everything from gasoline to pickup trucks to the guacamole dip that features so prominently at American Super Bowl parties.

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.

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.

The trail of harm of the policies of the Doug Ford government has regrettably touched many Ontarians, finds a new and timely book, Against the People (Fernwood).

Ontario wasn’t prepared for U.S. President Donald Trump. The threat of 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports potentially starting Feb. 1 threatens 500,000 jobs in this province, and it has the potential to devastate an economy that’s already on thin ice.