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Things are heating up on the EV front as Ontario premier Doug Ford is calling on Premier David Eby to drop B.C.’s EV mandate. Ford says the targets are making Canadian auto manufacturers less competitive, while acting as an inter-provincial trade barrier. Blair Qualey, president and ceo of the New Car Dealers Association of BC,...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticized Canada’s criminal justice system and its bail reform laws. “We need to make sure we’re putting the rights of victims ahead of criminals,” Ford said at a Monday press conference. The premier stated “How about the Charter Rights of victims? Criminals are out on the streets repeating, and repeating ,and...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he had to watch what “our friend President [Donald] Trump’s tariffs” were taking aim at, Tuesday night, as Trump delivered the State of the Union address.

On Monday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford rejected concerns about his government’s recent changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). He highlighted an indigenous-oriented basket weaving course at Carleton University as a wasteful use of OSAP money.

After Windsor, Ont., Mayor Drew Dilkens suggested that the city set may ask for permission from the province to set up tolls on trucks headed to and from the Ambassador Bridge, Ontario premier Doug Ford said “I’ve always been against tolls, but in this case… And if they don’t get the Gordie Howe Bridge open...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford was asked on Tuesday whether former hockey commentator Don Cherry was deserving of being named an Order of Ontario recipient. “Bring Don out to Scotiabank Arena when the Leafs play, the place will go ballistic. They’ll go wild. He has massive support out there,” Ford said, adding, “I support him.”

Speaking about last weekend’s Super Bowl LX on Tuesday, Doug Ford commended the historic and political halftime show by Bad Bunny – though the Ontario premier was seemingly unfamiliar with the Puerto Rican superstar’s name. “Bad Bunny, big bunny, whatever the bunny was. The only bunny I know is Bugs Bunny. He’s more famous than...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to block the opening of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge that connects Windsor, Ont. and Detroit, Mich. Trump called for immediate negotiations over the new trade route in a Truth Social post shared Monday, demanding ownership of “at least one half of...

When asked about how he felt about a group of Alberta separatists going to D.C. to ask U.S. officials for assistance, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was “dead against” going behind Canada’s back to negotiate. While he stopped short of calling it “treason” like B.C. Premier David Eby did earlier, he called it “unacceptable”...

Torontonians may finally have a date for the opening of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the TTC is now aiming to open the long-delayed transit line on Feb. 8. That February timeline comes after months of back-and-forth between the TTC and Metrolinx over when the line would be ready for riders.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he had made it clear where he stands when it comes to importing Chinese electric vehicles, or “Chinese spy vehicles,” as he called it, on Wednesday. He said he looks forward to working on an auto strategy with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Minister Melanie Joly, however emphasized his focus...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is distancing himself from an Ontario-headquartered company selling military vehicles to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the United States, a few weeks after he called the agreement “fantastic.” “I’m going to correct this story once and for all. I heard it on the news. I don’t direct companies to sell...

On the heels of answering a different question by Global’s Colin D’Mello, Ontario Premier Doug Ford got some laughs as segued into a non-existent question about the federal government’s gun buyback program. “Colin, I want to thank you for asking about the gun buyback as well… I’ve never, ever heard once someone come up to...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford called for a boycott of Chinese EVs on Wednesday, and had a message for Prime Minister Mark Carney after the PM struck a deal with China for Chinese EVs. “My message to Prime Minister Carney — consult us, work with us, help us protect Canadian auto workers together as united team...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford slammed the electric vehicle (EV) deal Prime Minister Mark Carney’s struck with China on Friday. It will see 49,000 Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) imported each year. “Don’t use Ontario and the auto workers here as a pawn. Everyone got something except Ontario — all we got was a massive threat of...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford expressed his displeasure with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to increase the limit of Chinese EV import to Canada in exchange for lower tariffs on Canada’s agricultural products.

A panel of three judges has thrown out an attempt by the province to stop the release of government calls on Premier Doug Ford’s personal cellphone, agreeing with Ontario’s transparency watchdog that they should be made public. Global News’ Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Colin D’Mello reports.

Asked if he was concerned about U.S. President Donald Trump wanting to annex Canada in the future, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters that idea “shouldn’t frighten anyone in Canada.” “If there was one thing President Trump has done good for Canada… [it’s that] he woke us up,” Ford said during his first press conference...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford offered condolences Monday morning for the lives lost in the Air Canada jet that crashed into a firetruck at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on the B.C. and Quebec governments to get rid of their electric vehicle sales mandates. Angela Jung reports.