Race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is suddenly competitive after U.S. president calls for tariffs and says Canada should be the 51st state.

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the results of the provincial election in Ontario: “On behalf of the Government of Canada, I congratulate Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario on their re‑election.

Voters in Canada's most populous province, Ontario, head to the polls on Thursday in an election where the incumbent premier seeks to use U.S. tariff threats to expand his majority. Progressive Conservative Party leader Doug Ford called an election more than a year early,

Ford has taken to sporting a "Canada is not for sale" hat and made two trips to Washington, D.C., during the election campaign to make his case against U.S. tariffs. He came under

The leading candidates vying to replace Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent considerable time during a televised debate on Monday discussing the need to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump pledged Thursday to enforce his planned 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting March 4, after both were put on pause earlier this month. “We cannot allow this scourge [of drugs] to continue to harm the USA,