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Ford defends dual roles as Ontario election campaigner and premier fighting tariffs

Published Feb 3, 2025 at 6:50pm

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Ford defends dual roles as Ontario election campaigner and premier fighting tariffs

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford holds a press conference in Etobicoke on Monday February 3, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is defending simultaneously wearing two hats, campaigning in a snap election he called and taking anti-tariff actions as premier.

The other major political parties say this is the worst time for Ontario to find itself in an election, with U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods set to take effect Tuesday.

At an election announcement Monday, Ford bristled at a question suggesting he couldn't take all the necessary actions to protect Ontario in the middle of a campaign, noting that he had directed the Liquor Control Board of Ontario to take American products off shelves.

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