Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford is trying his utmost to make the threat of tariffs the entire focus of the election campaign. The other party leaders are trying their utmost to shift the narrative away from tariffs to other big things at stake for Ontario voters.

Trump tariffs were the main issue at the start of the Ontario election campaign — in fact, Doug Ford called a snap vote, claiming he needed a strong mandate specifically to stand up to American protectionism.

On a freezing February morning, members of the union that represents thousands of Ontario health-care workers lined up gurneys near Queensway Carleton Hospital in an effort to shine a spotlight on Ontario’s strained health system during the province’s brief winter election campaign.