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Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced rebate cheques of $200 per person, while the Ontario Liberals are promising a middle-class tax cut. The Focus Ontario panel discusses if the next election will be about tax cuts and if the federal carbon price will stick to the provincial Liberals.

On this week’s episode, panel reaction as battle lines are drawn between Doug Ford and Bonnie Crombie and a look at the government’s inability to define ‘attainable housing.’

Progressive Conservative cabinet ministers have been given minimum targets for fundraisers in 2024, Global News has learned, as the party pivots for a potential early election next spring. Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Colin D’Mello reports. 

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has congratulated U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on another term in office as he comfortably wins the presidential race. Global News’ Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Colin D’Mello reports.

With the United States presidential election just days away, the Ontario government is going into overdrive to secure support for future trade, whoever wins the race. Ontario’s representative in Washington, David Paterson, spoke to Colin D’Mello about the moves.

An anticipated pinch at the pumps has been averted for drivers at gas stations in Ontario. The Ford government announced Sunday that it will extend a cut on the gas tax until next June. The announcement comes ahead of the province’s fall economic update and when many are expecting Ford to call an early election....

The Focus Ontario panel weighs in on whether or not Progressive Conservative Premier Doug Ford is preparing for an early election and if the Ontario NDP is ready to fight it. A PC and NDP strategist discuss their parties’ strengths and weaknesses.

Ontario promised it would extract critical minerals to build electric vehicles. But Premier Doug Ford admits China has the market on the minerals cornered. Global News’ Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Colin D’Mello reports.

The pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign continues to build — this time from Ontario’s Liberal MPs, who make up 60 per cent of the Liberal caucus. In Nova Scotia, there are growing concerns about homelessness in rural communities. Plus, the suspect in the deadly attack on a German Christmas market Friday has...

What Christians in Palestinian territories are praying for, as Bethlehem sees another year of muted Christmas celebrations. The protests in Syria after a Christmas tree is set on fire. What the Liberals could do if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigns before the next federal election. Plus, how volunteers at an Ontario hospital are sending new...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Canada and the United States need to “make a deal” as President-Elect Donald Trump’s threats of sweeping tariffs continues to loom over the two countries.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting between Canadian premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he would support cutting off energy exports to the U.S. in retaliation if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian imports when Trump takes office in January. Ford says he didn’t want to cut off...

After Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatened to cut off millions of American residents living in border states from the province’s energy exports as a retaliatory measure against U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s pledge of 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods. Trump said on Thursday that it was “fine” if the threat was followed through on.

Speaking in Toronto on Thursday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford clarified comments that he would “turn off the lights” to 1.5 million Americans if president-elect Donald Trump imposed the 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian imports he has been threatening for weeks. Ford called his retaliatory threat a “last resort” if Trump doesn’t back down.

During an interview on Fox News Friday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford joked that president-elect Donald Trump’s recent threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on good coming in from Canada came as an act of revenge for his country’s defeat in the War of 1812. Ford’s appearance on Fox News comes as the province...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement of a proposed 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico, saying, “We have to retaliate. We have to retaliate not against the Americans (but) the administration that has made a wrong call on us. It’s very simple.”

On Tuesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford reacted to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s announcement of a proposed 25 per cent tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico, criticizing a comparison of the two countries. “I want to emphasize: To compare us to Mexico, this is the most insulting thing I’ve ever heard from our friends and...

Why northwestern Ontario was chosen as the site for Canada’s nuclear waste, the reaction, and the safety concerns. Russia’s newest bombardment of Ukraine, and how it’s left more than a million people without electricity. Plus, what Canada Post is doing that the union says is illegal. And how you can still get your letter to...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement of a proposed 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico, describing it as “the biggest threat we’ve ever seen.” He expressed concern over the impact on both Canadians and Americans, emphasizing the strong ties between the two nations. “And that’s why I’ve called...

The Ontario NDP is considering a fresh complaint to the province’s integrity commissioner after the Progressive Conservative Party directed government ministers to hold a series of fundraisers in order to boost its coffers ahead of a possible early election. Global News’ Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Colin D’Mello reports.