Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford is the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Canadian politics, and calling a snap election is in keeping with his split personality.
When he ran for office, he railed against the elites and said he was for the little guy and lambasted the Liberal government’s corruption and profligate spending. Ford promised to end Ontario’s debt problem and put discipline back in the province’s finances.
Ontario voters are set to head to the polls in a rare winter election.
Premier Doug Ford has already been framing the snap election, coming right before an anticipated federal vote, as necessary for a strong mandate in order to best represent Ontario’s interests on the national and world stage.
I’m getting the impression not many care about this election, especially as polls show it will likely end with another easy Conservative victory.
As Election Kicks Off, Ontario PCs lead by 23
Boogeyman Trump! "I will protect you from the Boogeyman!" is the elites' new rallying cry. @fancypants_s https://t.co/WH8CfhsrPz
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) January 30, 2025
It’s rather pitiful that the brains at the Ontario Premier’s Office couldn’t come up with a better excuse for Doug Ford’s early election call than the notion that he needs a “new mandate” to face the tariff threat from U.S. President Donald Trump. Mr. Ford already has a mandate – a majority government, elected two-and-a-half years ago – and a year-and-a-half left until the fixed election date, which gives him more than enough runway to properly advocate for Ontario’s interests.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford looked around and decided the good times are running out.
The days when people blame all problems on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will soon be gone. The residents of Ontario will see there are still many problems, a lot of them in areas of provincial jurisdiction. And they might start blaming their Premier.
Better call an election. Quick.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford will call a snap election next Wednesday, to be held on Feb. 27. Although he has a large majority government and is leading in most polls by more than 20 points, Ford wants a “very strong mandate” to take on U.S. President Donald Trump and his threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian products.
Only Doug Ford can save Ontarians from Donald Trump, but he can’t do it unless people give him a really big mandate, right now. That’s the premise of the Feb. 27 provincial election that the premier on Friday confirmed he’ll be calling next week.
The very future of the province, perhaps even the country, hangs on the magnitude of the majority Ford gets next month, he contended at a Brampton press conference. He wants “the largest mandate in Ontario’s history.”
Ontarians will go to the polls in February, Premier Doug Ford said Friday while announcing his government’s plan to improve transit in Peel Region.
Ford confirmed Global News’ Thursday reporting that sources said the premier would go to Lt. Gov. Edith Dumont on Jan. 29 to dissolve his government, which would allow for an election to take place on Feb. 27.
… During the morning news conference, Ford said he was planning to build a tunnel to extend the Hurontario LRT, also known as the Hazel McCallion Line, northwards from Mississauga and under downtown Brampton. The government said the extension to downtown Brampton is about four kilometres.
That underground Monorail is a great idea!
Premier Doug Ford is planning to call a provincial election next Wednesday, which would send Ontarians to the polls on Feb. 27, a senior Conservative source has confirmed to CBC News.
The planned election call would follow months of speculation that Ford wanted to face voters before the fixed 2026 date.
The planned call would come just after Ford’s Progressive Conservative candidates meet for a “super caucus” event to discuss strategy for the next provincial election — two government sources have confirmed to CBC News the meeting will be held this weekend.
If an election were called in Ontario today, a new poll suggests the voters would hand Premier Doug Ford a clear victory.
A new Leger poll, exclusive to the National Post, put Ford’s Progressive Conservatives 24 points ahead of the Liberals. The results indicate 46 per cent of poll respondents expressed support for the reigning Tories versus 22 per cent for Bonnie Crombie’s Liberals, 19 per cent for the NDP, just 7 per cent for the Green Party and 6 per cent other.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s top staffer has sent a note to ministers’ chiefs of staff about the need for a “strong mandate” from the public in the face of Donald Trump’s tariff threats – another indication the government is preparing for an early election.
Mr. Ford’s chief of staff Patrick Sackville said the Premier will need to stand up to Mr. Trump, the federal government and other provinces in the face of “existential threats” to the economy, according to an email obtained by the Globe and Mail.
They started to arrive, and the line began to form, as early as 2 a.m.
Despite a steady snowfall and bone-chilling cold, they came to stand outside and wait their turn, hours before the doors opened at 10 a.m.
This wasn’t a queue to purchase Taylor Swift concert tickets at a kiosk in downtown Toronto.
Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour may have ended, but the artist’s status as a cultural icon is now more embedded than ever.
Those looking to learn and share more about the effect T-Swizzle and her defining brand have on the world around us have turned to the University of Guelph, where an online course starting in January will include a new case study of her meteoric impact.
With Swift as its lens, the Icons of Music open-education course offered in the upcoming winter semester, “will navigate the labyrinth of ways that popular music and popular culture intersect with art, literature, gender, sexuality, race, religion, politics, feminism, celebrity, fandom, business acumen, the economy and the law,” according to the school.
A new Ontario auditor general report on the Toronto District School Board provides an insightful overview of many of the issues identified under the toxic reign of now-departed activist education director Colleen Russell-Rawlins.
From underreported bullying and increased violence in TDSB schools to the abuse of sick days and the administration’s powers to investigate principals and vice-principals, it is clear that Canada’s largest school board needs a huge overhaul.
As Premier Doug Ford mulls gambling on an early election, a new poll suggests that might be a safe bet.
The latest Abacus Data monthly tracking survey for the Star found Ford’s Tories at 43 per cent — well ahead of Bonnie Crombie’s Liberals at 25 per cent, Marit Stiles’ New Democrats at 21 per cent and Mike Schreiner’s Greens at six per cent.
I hope the Libs die for good this election.
Police allege the operation operated over the past few years at King St. and East Ave. and was run by Vincent Asanti, who was arrested for two controlled drugs and substance act offences (cocaine) and proceeds over $5,000 while $51,351.90 was seized from his residences and vehicle.
