Newly re-elected Premier Doug Ford to hold news conference on eve of U.S. tariffs
Ontario Premier Doug Ford will take questions from media Monday for the first time since his Progressive Conservatives won their third-straight majority in a snap election last week.
Ford is set to give an address at an annual mining convention in Toronto beginning at 11 a.m. ET and is scheduled to speak to reporters afterward. His appearance comes on the eve of expected U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods headed south of the border.
You can watch the speech and news conference live in this story. And you can learn more about the impending tariffs here.
Ford secured his place in Ontario’s political history on Thursday with a third majority, albeit one that is smaller than the PCs managed in 2022.
But it was surely a bittersweet night for the party. When Ford triggered the snap winter election, he appealed to voters for the “largest mandate in Ontario’s history” — which he said would help his government navigate a potential trade war with the U.S.
After a four-week campaign that cost the province some $189 million, the PCs will return to Queen’s Park later this month with one more seat than they held before the election call. They will still have a very sizeable 17-seat majority with a caucus of 80 MPPs, however.
Ford was initially scheduled to hold a news conference Friday morning, as is customary for a newly victorious government leader, but it was cancelled.
The PC election platform included about $40 billion in new spending promises, with roughly half of that aimed at supporting industries and workers who could be hurt by American tariffs.
That includes a new $5-billion Protect Ontario Account, $10 billion in support for employers through a tax deferral, up to $3 billion more in payroll and premium relief and up to $40 million for municipalities.
Ford has repeatedly vowed to “do whatever it takes” to buttress Ontario’s economy during the likely turmoil ahead. He’s also threatened retaliation at the provincial level if the tariffs are imposed, including pulling all American booze off LCBO shelves, ripping up a deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink and banning U.S. companies from competing for contracts with the Ontario government.
Throughout the campaign, Ford also stressed the role the province’s vast mineral wealth and mining industry could play in reaching an economic truce with the U.S. and in establishing new trade relationships.
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