The shuffle comes at an important point for the government, with the legislature scheduled to return Oct. 27 after its summer recess and Ontario having to respond to the U.S. tariffs.

Ford said Thursday that the trade dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump was central to his thinking about the revamped cabinet.

Supriya Dwivedi, a columnist and Erskine-Smith supporter, called the results "disappointing" and showed the need for party renewal.

While we celebrate these milestones, Ontario needs to continue to reform its distribution system to reflect the addition of convenience stores to the expanded alcohol retailing market.

Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives survived their first major electoral test since a turbulent spring and summer, holding two seats in Thursday’s trio of byelections.

Marit Stiles’s NDP reclaimed Scarborough Southwest and denied the Ontario Liberals the breakthrough they had hoped would provide momentum heading into their leadership race.

Matt Strauss, the Conservative MP for Kitchener South—Hespeler, announced this Wednesday that he had taken out an Ontario Liberal membership specifically to support Lombardi in the upcoming leadership contest.