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Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Canada has to go on “the offence” when it comes to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. “We need a plan from the prime minister,” he said during a media availability in P.E.I. on Tuesday afternoon, where is attending meetings with fellow premiers. “I’m tired of the bully trying to take our lunch money all the...
PC MPP Caroline Mulroney will be resigning from Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet and will be vacating her seat in York-Simcoe, she said in a letter posted to social media. Mulroney, who serves as president of the Treasury Board and minister of Francophone Affairs, said she informed the premier on Sunday and will officially step down on Friday, June 5. “Serving...
Police say they will investigate any possible terrorism links as they search for two suspects who fired shots at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto early Tuesday morning. Speaking to reporters outside the University Avenue building on Tuesday, Toronto Police Deputy Chief Frank Barredo said officers were first notified of the shooting at around 5:30 a.m., about an hour after the...
Premier Doug Ford is refusing to back down after U.S. President Donald Trump said that he plans to halt trade negotiations with Canada over Ontario’s anti-tariff ad campaign in the United States. Ford’s office has confirmed to CTV News that the advertisement, which is part of a $75 million campaign, will be shown during the Fox broadcast of Game ...
Premier Doug Ford said he has been given assurances by the president of Stellantis that the Brampton auto plant will continue operations in the future following an announcement by the automaker Tuesday that it would be shifting production of the Jeep Compass to a U.S. facility. Stellantis had temporarily paused production of the new electric SUV at the Williams Parkway...
Premier Doug Ford said Prime Minister Mark Carney spent the night at the Ford family cottage on Monday night on Day 1 of the first ministers’ meeting in Huntsville, Ont. “Full disclosure. Prime Minister (Carney) stayed at my place,” Ford said Tuesday at the conclusion of a news conference in cottage country. “We had dinner. We were up till 12:3...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is defending his long-time campaign strategist Kory Teneycke for comments he made criticizing federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Speaking to CTV Power Play host Vassy Kapelos last week, Teneycke accused Poilievre and his team of “blowing” a big lead in the polls, which now firmly place the Liberals ahead of the Conservatives by a notable margin...
Ontario has agreed to suspend its 25 per cent surcharge on electricity exports to the U.S. following a call between Premier Doug Ford and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Tuesday afternoon as President Donald Trump threatened to double tariffs on all steel and aluminum coming from Canada. “With any negotiation that we have, there’s a point that both parties are heated...
Sexual assault charges laid against Canadian businessman Frank Stronach(opens in a new tab) involve three women who police allege were victimized in 1980, 1986, and 2023, according to documents recently filed in a Brampton court. Peel police previously confirmed that the 91-year-old billionaire was arrested earlier this month and charged with rape, indecent assault on a female, forcible confinement, as...
Premier Doug Ford says that lawsuits launched by four Ontario school boards against a trio of social media platforms are “nonsense” and risk becoming a distraction to the work that really matters. The school boards, including three in the Greater Toronto Area, have launched lawsuits seeking $4.5 billion in damages against Snapchat, TikTok, and Meta, the owner of both Facebook...