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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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

At a press conference in Niagara Falls on Monday, Ontario premier Doug Ford was asked if he had made progress on selling off American liquor products that were pulled off LCBO shelves and donating it to charity.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed a memorandum of understanding alongside New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in Buffalo Friday to build and collaborate on nuclear power between the two states. “We have no tolerance for policies that are intended to drive us apart,” Hochul said.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow unveiled the city’s new Finch West LRT on Friday, which will depart from a station near Oakdale Road and Finch Avenue just after 7:30 a.m. on Sunday.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Toronto mayor Olivia Chow weighed in on the shocking York Regional Police’s organized crime and corruption investigation that led to seven Toronto police officers, including one retired member, being arrested. “They’re bad actors. They’re going to be held accountable,” Ford said during an unrelated press conference on Friday.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew joked Thursday that the media was trying to create a “heated rivalry” between he and Ontario Premier Doug Ford but said the two “are on the same team.”

Regarding the ban he implemented last year keeping American liquor off Ontario’s LCBO store shelves, Ontario Premier Doug Ford encouraged Ontarians to “double down,” noting Canada and the U.S. could “resolve it in a minute” if Trump would reverse his “unfair tariffs” – the ones that triggered the ban in the first place. “It’s obviously...

During question period Tuesday, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre asked Prime Minister Mark Carney why the Liberal government is subsidizing foreign-made electric vehicles rather than cutting taxes on domestic vehicle production. Carney implored Poilievre to listen to Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the head of the Auto Manufacturing Association who, he says, know his government’s...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Monday that he agreed on “99 per cent” of the same things as Prime Minister Mark Carney. “We’re a big family, and sometimes brothers and sisters may disagree, but at the end of the day, make no mistake about it, we’re one country,” Ford said.