Doug Ford pushing to meet with Donald Trump to talk ‘businessman to businessman’
Will there be dinner at Mar-a-Lago? Premier Doug Ford says he’s pressing U.S. contacts for a face-to-face meeting with Donald...
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Doug Ford hosting meeting with premiers to discuss response to Trump trade threat
Canada’s provincial and territorial leaders are meeting Monday to discuss U.S. president-elect Donald Trump‘s threatened 25 per cent tariffs against...
Doug Ford tells Fox News that Trump’s tariff threat a bad idea between friends
Premier Doug Ford went on Donald Trump’s favourite TV network to convince the incoming U.S. president that his threat of...
Justin Trudeau’s ‘carbon tax’ is ‘wrong,’ Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie says
Taking aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon price as “wrong,” Bonnie Crombie says her Ontario Liberals need to go...
Doug Ford spending nearly half of Ontario’s tax windfall on $200 ‘rebate’ cheques
Premier Doug Ford is spending nearly half of a $6.9-billion tax windfall on $200 pre-election “rebate” cheques. Bolstered by higher...
Doug Ford’s nephew Michael Ford takes leave from cabinet for health reasons
Premier Doug Ford’s nephew Michael Ford is taking a leave of absence from his post as Ontario’s minister of citizenship...
First Nations consultant scolds MPPs at hearing about controversial Sir John A. Macdonald statue
The warning was frank. Four years after a Queen’s Park statue of founding prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald was...
Doug Ford names new education minister after Todd Smith resigns just 10 weeks into the job
Todd Smith’s surprise resignation after just 10 weeks as education minister has forced Premier Doug Ford to shuffle his cabinet...
Ontario health minister’s concerns about Pierre Poilievre’s interest in forced drug rehab reveals latest tension between the two parties
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones is taking issue with federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s talk of forcing people with drug...
Canada is fighting to get Honda's massive EV expansion. Here's why it's a tough sell
Are the days of multibillion-dollar government subsidies over in Canada for international automakers making the hot new thing — electric...
Doug Ford's government called him with a 'real challenge' — so he packed his bags for Washington
A former General Motors executive is putting the pedal to the metal as Ontario's new representative to Washington, D.C., helping...
How the Greens dealt a stunning blow to the NDP and stole Kitchener Centre
Mike Schreiner was never so happy to be so wrong. The Green leader predicted last week’s byelection in the NDP...