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Tariff response to be focus at Queen’s Park as new session begins after election

Published Apr 15, 2025 at 2:12pm

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Tariff response to be focus at Queen’s Park as new session begins after election

Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds a press conference regarding the new tariffs that the United States has placed on Canada, at Queen's Park in Toronto on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Ontario’s response to the escalating trade war with the United States will factor heavily in the first legislative sitting after Premier Doug Ford cruised to victory in the snap February election.

Ford will outline his government’s priorities in a throne speech today delivered by the lieutenant-governor.

The Progressive Conservative government is expected to table legislation Wednesday to open up interprovincial trade in another effort to combat the effects of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods.

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