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Ford aims to keep tariff focus in election as Liberals, NDP tout health, education

Published Feb 4, 2025 at 9:36pm

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Ford aims to keep tariff focus in election as Liberals, NDP tout health, education

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner and Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie are shown in these recent file photos. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette, Chris Young, Arlyn McAdorey

Ontario's Liberals and NDP are using a pause in the tariff threat from the United States to begin a new chapter in the provincial election, focusing on issues such as health care and education, but Doug Ford doesn't appear ready to turn the page.

The Progressive Conservative leader's campaign announcement Tuesday was ostensibly about a provincial-specific issue, a promise to take on billions of dollars in costs for Ottawa's light-rail transit system, but he spent much of his time hammering home his tariff warnings.

"We've averted an absolute disaster, at least for now," Ford said in Ottawa.

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