Ontario’s Premier Dougford, along with other premieres, is traveling to Washington next month to meet US lawmakers – even his PC party is ready to return to voters’ homes.Press of Chris Ying/Canada
A source said that Ontario’s Premier Dougford plans to launch a Snap Provincial Election Campaign next week, and voters have been sent to the polls on February 27.
For months, speculations have been made that Mr Ford was preparing to call the initial elections ahead of the province’s fixed election date next year. In recent weeks, he is indicating that US President Donald Trump needs a “strong mandate” before responding to the promise of Canada’s goods, he said he costs 500,000 jobs on them Can come
Mr Ford will launch the campaign on Wednesday, a source from a progressive conservative party told Globe and Mail on Thursday. Globe is not taking the name of the source, which is not authorized to publicly disclose projects.
The Prime Minister, speaking to reporters earlier Thursday, insisted that he could campaign during the war against Mr Trump’s 25 % of the taxes, during the guidance of his province and other prime minister of the country, whose president Has said that it may begin on February 1. .
Mr Ford also said that he would be the head of the Federation’s Council, comprising 13 Canadian premiere. Mr Ford, along with other premieres, is traveling to Washington next month to meet US lawmakers – even his PC party is ready to return home voters.
“We can call the cabinet at any time,” he said in a program in Mississoga. “And I’m going to become a COF chair.”
Mr Ford said he would prosecute Ontario and Canada in Washington on February 11-12 and February 20, which is the second date just one week before the voting day. But the premiere defended the idea of ​​Snap elections.
“Isn’t that good I will have the opportunity, what I’m already doing, [to] Meet every person in Ontario, every jurisdiction, all 124 riding, to hear what they say, “He said.” This is the most important group of people. And hopefully we will have a strong mandate in the negotiations.
Premier Chief of Staff, Patrick Sakwell, sent senior staff to the Ford government on Wednesday, says the minister’s offices have been appointed a “caretaker team” to monitor the government’s daily business during the campaign. Should
The memo, which has been acquired by the globe, says the caretaker staff will “take no new decision by the government” but it will demand that they demand to stop the action against the cabinet direction.
Mr Ford’s PC has also scheduled a meeting for a talk strategy for MPPS, candidates and local campaign managers “Super Cox” at a hotel in Toronto Area.
Premier’s leading opponents – Government Opposition NDP leader Merit Steles and Liberal leader Boney Chrombby – both have accused the two of the preliminary elections are unnecessary. He says instead of going to the campaign, Mr Ford should remember the legislature, now focus on expanding winter, and dealing with Mr Trump’s threat.
He has also alleged that the conservative government that costs the costly conservative government at a distance of only months in the federal elections, or before the RCMP investigation, before the RCMP investigation. That they could allow the developers to live, before they tried to win a four -year mandate. On some parts of the safe green belt.
Mr Ford won the majority of Ontario Legislative seats for the second time in June, 2022, just 2 years ago. Under the provincial legislation, the next election date is currently fixed for June, 2026.
But since last spring, the Prime Minister has refused to call the initial vote. In recent weeks, he has repeatedly said that he was a Kovade 19 -style aid package to spend “billions of billions” to help Mr. Trump’s rates and aid to help him to help “tens of billions of” dollars Need a new mandate.
Mr Ford said the opposition parties would not offer the same assistance for such a move as they did for compelling costs during pandemic diseases. But the two opposition leaders have confronted that they will work with him on any such project.
Mr Ford said Mr Ford had participated in the party in front of the province.
The NDP leader said in a statement, “He can either be the Prime Minister or run for a premiere.” “He needs to decide what’s more important: his job or 500,000 jobs.”
Ms. Chrombby, the Liberal Leader, accused Mr Ford in a statement “using this crisis for his own benefit”.
