Doug Ford, Ontario’s Conservative leader, has recently said that President Trump was “going to try to devastate our country” with a plan to impose tariffs on Canadian exports.

The premier of Ontario, Canada's most populous province, said on Friday he would call an early election, citing the need for a strong mandate to fight against tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Ontario's premier is hoping to move local elections up from June 2026 to the end of February to better combat President Trump's potential 25% tariff.

The leader of Canada’s most populous province says he will be calling an election in Ontario because he says he needs a mandate to fight U.S.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election Wednesday, using the threat of 25 per cent tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump to justify his early call. That election call would send Ontarians to the polls on Feb. 27, more than a year before the June 2026 fixed election date.

Premier Doug Ford says Ontario residents will be heading to the polls next month. Speaking in Brampton today (Jan. 24), the premier confirmed the rumours saying that Feb. 27 will be the date of the election.

Canada’s outgoing prime minister and the leader of the country’s oil rich province of Alberta are confident Canada can avoid the 25% tariffs President Donald Trump says he will impose on Canada and Mexico on Feb.

Trump retook the Oval Office on Monday afternoon and has long threatened to introduce a 25% tariff on all Canadian and Mexican imports, unless both countries secure their borders against illegal migrants and drugs, on the first day of his administration.

The leader of Ontario said Jan. 24 he will be calling an election next week because he needs a mandate to fight U.S. President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs.