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.

Premier Doug Ford capped off the first day of Ontario’s election campaign in London, where he pledged his government would spend $1 billion to build a new police college. Ford made the vow Wednesday evening when he spoke to a crowd of London police officers and other guests at the London Police Service Chief’s Gala at RBC Place London.

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles launched her campaign in Toronto, pitching herself as the best person to fight back against Mr. Trump, while Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie appeared in Barrie, an hour north of Toronto, and focused on improving health care. Both have dismissed the early election as needless.

Ford has said Trump’s threat of a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian imports, which could start as early as Feb. 1, will disproportionately impact Ontario and could cost as many as 500,000 jobs, although oppositions leaders say the early vote is not necessary.

Canada’s most populous province is off to the polls again, a contest that could have consequences for Ontario’s competitive iGaming market.

Canadians are reacting to the daughter of Ontario Premier Doug Ford asking for donations to cover the costs of her husband’s legal fees in a disciplinary case.

Ford is taking Ontarians to the polls amid political instability in Ottawa after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced that he would resign.

The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario has accepted Premier Doug Ford's ask to dissolve the legislature for an early election that will officially begin on Wednesday.

Crombie, formerly mayor of notoriously NIMBY-ish Mississauga, is an unlikely champion for loosening restrictions on housing construction. But the Ontario Liberals’ housing plan — basically to slash development charges — got very positive reviews from across the political spectrum when it was released in November.

The Ontario premier says he's ready for a street fight if Trump makes good on threats of a trade war with Canada

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to request the dissolution of provincial parliament today and trigger an early election for Feb. 27.