It’s day two on the provincial campaign trail, and the four Ontario party leaders are setting the stage for a heated race.

While Premier Doug Ford insists that U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threat is why he's calling an election 15 months ahead of schedule, there are plenty of reasons why the timing is politically advantageous to Ford and his Ontario PC Party.

Laura Stone, The Globe's Ontario Legislature reporter, looks at the political landscape as the snap Ontario election campaign begins. Premier and PC Leader Doug Ford is calling for a stronger mandate to tackle the threat of tariffs from the Trump administration,

The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario has accepted Premier Doug Ford's ask to dissolve the legislature for an early election that will officially begin on Wednesday.

Ford is taking Ontarians to the polls amid political instability in Ottawa after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced that he would resign.

President Donald Trump has issued a “full and unconditional pardon” to Washington, DC, police lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky and officer Terence Sutton for their roles in the death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown, a case that drew protests on the heels of the murder of George Floyd.

We will be calling the election next Wednesday,” the Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford told reporters at a campaign-style announcement in Brampton.

Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says if re-elected, he will honour the province’s commitment to the electric vehicle sector should United States President Donald Trump end a subsidy program. Trump has said the U.S. does not want or need Canada’s cars despite signing a free trade deal with Canada and Mexico in his first term.

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford said Thursday he will honour Ontario's commitment to the burgeoning electric vehicle sector if re-elected, while his main political rivals were less definitive.

The Ontario premier says he's ready for a street fight if Trump makes good on threats of a trade war with Canada

Premier Doug Ford is planning to call a provincial election next Wednesday, which would send Ontarians to the polls on Feb. 27, a senior Progressive Conservative source has confirmed to CBC News.The planned election call would follow months of speculation that Ford wanted to face voters before the fixed 2026 date.