Advance polls open Thursday in Ontario's election — one week before general voting day — and only the Green Party has released a full platform, while Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford has been notably absent from the campaign trail.
Ford has not taken questions on the campaign trail or made public appearances besides the two debates in nine days. He did respond to questions while in Washington, D.C., last week, but he made that trip as premier, alongside the country's other provincial and territorial leaders.
Amid the snap, $189-million election he called, Ford's last public announcement in Ontario was on Feb. 10, when he said he would ban Chinese equity from Ontario government-funded energy projects. There has been no Chinese equity in government-funded energy projects during the Progressive Conservatives' seven years in government.