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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.

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

Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie says she’s ready to become Ontario’s next premier, despite Doug Ford being “selfish” for calling an election.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has confirmed he will call a snap election this winter. At a news conference in Brampton Jan. 24, Ford confirmed he would meet with the lieutenant governor to dissolve the provincial parliament on Tuesday, Jan. 28.

1:36 ‘Stay tuned’ for early election call, Doug Ford teases Political staff in Premier Doug Ford’s government have been told to prepare for “caretaker mode” as the Progressive ...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford will call a provincial election on Wednesday, with Ontarians heading to the polls on February 27.

Divisions between Canada’s premiers in the face of potential U.S. tariffs remain on full display, with Ontario’s Doug Ford backing a sweeping “dollar-for-dollar” response while ...

Americans critical of Trump’s annexation talk have already ordered thousands of the hats, according to its creators.

Ontario's political parties have been preparing for months for the possibility of an early election, but next week’s snap election call has pushed planning to a fever pitch.

The hats gained attention after Ontario Premier Doug Ford wore one during a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other premiers in Ottawa last week to discuss Trump's vow to impose tariffs o