The leader of Canada’s most populous province says he will be calling an election in Ontario because he says he needs a mandate to fight U.S.

OTTAWA – Ontario’s position ahead of Wednesday’s first minister’s meeting was made quite clear, thanks to the Premier’s choice of headwear. Striding into Ottawa’s Diefenbaker building Wednesday for the provincial and territorial premier’s meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,

Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly answers questions from journalists before a meeting of the Liberal caucus in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

Canada’s outgoing prime minister and the leader of the country’s oil rich province of Alberta are confident Canada can avoid the 25% tariffs President Donald Trump says he will impose on Canada and Mexico on Feb.

Divisions between Canada’s premiers in the face of potential U.S. tariffs remain on full display, with Ontario’s Doug Ford backing a ... Minister Mélanie Joly is heading back to Washington ...

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, second left, speaks as Ontario Premier Doug Ford, from left, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic Leblanc, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly and ...

After nearly 16 months of work, the foreign interference commission's final report will be made public. Here's what the report could contain.

On Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly insisted the Liberal government had solved Canada’s border-security crisis. She was convinced the Americans under President Donald Trump no longer had any basis to complain about illegal immigrants and drugs being shipped to the States from Canada.

Trudeau has appeared on multiple U.S. news networks to warn Canada’s neighbors that their pocketbooks are at risk of becoming collateral damage in Trump’s trade war. “Anything an American president does to hurt the Canadian economy will also hurt American consumers and American workers and American growth,” he told CNN’s Jake Tapper last week.

Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc met Tuesday with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who currently chairs the premiers’ group, to talk about Canada’s response.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing disagreements over how Canada should respond to threatened U.S. tariffs, will hold a cabinet retreat next week focused on defending Canadian interests, his office said on Tuesday.

Because Canadian provincial governments control the country's largest power utilities, regional premiers have substantial authority on energy.