Ontario Premier Doug Ford has promised to fight back against Donald Trump's steep tariffs on Canadian goods and energy. Ford is positioning himself as Canada's staunchest defender in the escalating trade war,

His party, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, was projected to have won a majority, its third since 2018.

Ford announced retaliatory plans shortly after Trump implemented tariffs against Canada.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in claiming a third-straight victory for his Progressive Conservatives in the province's election Thursday he'd been given a "mandate" to "stand up" to President Trump's threats to hit Canada with tariffs.

Canada’s Ontario province has reelected Premier Doug Ford’s ruling conservatives in an election heavily focused on trade tensions stoked by United States President Donald Trump. Ford and his Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party) cruised to their third consecutive legislative majority on Thursday after seeking the “largest mandate in Ontario history” to protect the economy of Canada’s most populous province from Trump’s tariffs.

The leader of Ontario, the province that is home to Canada’s automotive industry, said he is skeptical about the motives behind President Trump’s [one-month reprieve](

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has blasted United States President Donald Trump’s tariff threats to Canada On March 4, tariffs were issued on Canada and Mexico, with the US president saying they were aimed at curbing the flow of illegal border crossings and drugs into America Following this announcement,

The leader said new tariffs are scheduled to be implemented Monday in an effort to push back on Trump’s international economic measures.