Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says he will spend $22 billion to build infrastructure as part of a stimulus package in the face of a possible trade war with the United States. The package will go forward regardless of U.S. President Donald Trump imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods.

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.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford officially set a provincial election in motion Tuesday for Feb. 27, more than a year before the next fixed election date. The election had been set for June 2026, but Ford said he needs a new mandate to deal with four years of a Donald Trump presidency in the United States.

Phillip BlancherLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterThe Morrisburg LeaderTORONTO – Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling a snap election for February 27. T

The package would go forward regardless of U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, which he says will be imposed tomorrow.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election next Wednesday and send Ontarians to the polls on Feb. 27, The Canadian Press has learned. Two senior government sources say Ford recently made the decision for the rare winter election after waffling for months.