Ontario premier Doug Ford to call snap election to fight Trump tariff threat

Progressive Conservative leader of Canada's most populous province seeks strong mandate' to counter 25% tariff plan

The Ontario premier, Doug Ford, has said an early election is needed in the Canadian province in order to fend off an income attack" from Donald Trump as a trade war looms between the close allies.

But opposition parties criticized the move, calling it a distraction" from an ongoing criminal investigation into the government's handling of a controversial multibillion-dollar land swap.