While Premier Doug Ford insists that U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threat is why he's calling an election 15 months ahead of schedule, there are plenty of reasons why the timing is politically advantageous to Ford and his Ontario PC Party.

Gov. Edith Dumont later today to request the dissolution of provincial parliament ahead of an early election call on Wednesday.

The Ford government has “retained an engineering company” to begin design work on removing bike lanes in Toronto. Mayor Olivia Chow and a cycling advocacy group still have hope that he’ll reverse course.

The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario has accepted Premier Doug Ford's ask to dissolve the legislature for an early election that will officially begin on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump has issued a “full and unconditional pardon” to Washington, DC, police lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky and officer Terence Sutton for their roles in the death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown, a case that drew protests on the heels of the murder of George Floyd.

Toronto Sun politics reporter Bryan Passifiume joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss why Ford is calling an election now, how he hopes it plays into his response to the tariffs threat, and how opposition parties responded to the election call.

Krista Ford Haynes has launched an online fundraiser to finance legal support for her husband’s disciplinary battle with the Toronto police.

The trail of harm of the policies of the Doug Ford government has regrettably touched many Ontarians, finds a new and timely book, Against the People (Fernwood).

The purpose of asking the electorate to go to the polls more than a year earlier than scheduled, according to Ford, is so he can get a clear mandate on how to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on Canada and, therefore, on the Ontario economy.

Doug Ford will launch his reelection campaign in Windsor on Wednesday with remarks at 10 a.m., followed by a media availability with reporters.

Ford sparked the early election on Tuesday afternoon with a visit to Lt.-Gov. Edith Dumont and a request for her to dissolve Ontario’s 43rd parliament. The proclamation she signed doing just that took effect at 4 p.m. Tuesday.