Doug Ford has a majority government, more than a year before a mandated election call, yet he calls a “snap” election so he can have a mandate to face Donald Trump? According to the latest Conservative ads flooding everywhere, “it’s about the people.” No, Premier, “it’s all about you.” Let’s not be fooled again.

Premier Doug Ford’s early reelection campaign launched Wednesday below the Ambassador Bridge, highlighting a central theme of his strategy to win votes and paint himself as Canada’s defender against U.S. tariffs.

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.

The writ has dropped, and Ontario has officially entered its 44th election cycle. Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner and Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie are all hitting the campaign trail Wednesday.

Krista Ford Haynes has launched an online fundraiser to finance legal support for her husband’s disciplinary battle with the Toronto police.

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

The same day Premier Doug Ford called an early election, his government announced it had reached a $20-million deal with Aroland First Nation that will, “build roads along the entire

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.

He’s made lots of mistakes, at least one of them a whopper. For much of his government’s six-plus years he’s been classed among Canada’s least popular premiers. He’s just triggered an election he might not need, well before it’s due. Yet there’s a very good chance he’ll win a third majority, possibly by a large margin.

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.

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