Ontario Premier Doug Ford romped to a third-consecutive landslide Thursday night in a snap election he argued was necessary in order to win a mandate to fight a trade war with the United States. “Donald Trump thinks he can break us,

Doug Ford won a third straight election to lead Ontario, as voters in Canada’s manufacturing heartland opted for a familiar face to steer an economy that’s under threat from US President Donald Trump’s trade policy.

Canada’s Ontario elected Premier Doug Ford back in office for a rare third term. Ford has been at the front of Canada’s collective response to US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats. He had called for snap elections to get a clear mandate on fighting Trump tariffs.