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

Throne speech promises plan to protect Ontario's economy

The Ontario government says it will push to remove trade barriers with the rest of Canada, as part of its goal to make Ontario’s economy "the most competitive place in the G7 to invest."Lt.-Gov. Edith Dumont delivered the throne speech, in which the Ford government outlined its priorities following its election win in late February.The threat posed by the Trump administration was front and centre during the address to the legislature that kicked…

Ford government to outline priorities in throne speech as new session begins at Queen's Park

Ontario's response to the escalating trade war with the United States will factor heavily in the first legislative sitting

Ontario Throne Speech pledges to drop provincial trade barriers, speed up mines in face of U.S. trade war

Ford government promises to further streamline environmental rules, tunnel under Highway 401

Tariffs and Trump loom large in Ontario's agenda-setting throne speech

TORONTO — The economic uncertainty created by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs permeated Ontario's throne speech Tuesday, a ceremonial offering intended to set the new provincial government's agenda and tone. The speech, delivered by Lt.-Gov.

Donald Trump’s ‘chaos and uncertainty’ is threatening Ontario, Doug Ford’s throne speech warns

In Tuesday's Speech from the Throne — read in the legislature by Lt.-Gov. Edith Dumont — Ford's re-elected Progressive Conservatives cited the mercurial U.S. president by name a dozen times.

ANALYSIS | Trump and Ontario's tariff response likely to dominate Ford's throne speech

Ontario’s legislature has returned for a shortened spring session with just over 20 days scheduled, and experts say Premier Doug Ford’s throne speech is likely to focus on the continued fight against Trump’s tariffs.