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.

On Feb. 1, (the fourth day of the campaign), Trump signed an executive order to hit Canada with 25 per cent tariffs. Two days later Trump offered a 30-day pause on the across-the-board tariffs. Then six days later, he announced a plan to slap tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum.

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

Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservative Party will be returning to Queen’s Park with a third straight majority mandate after claiming victory in a snap election called on the threat of U.S. tariffs that could devastate Ontario’s economy.

Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives chugged to a third majority government Thursday, propelled by his visible crusade against economic uncertainty emanating from the U.S., though falling short of the increased majority he urged.

Doug Ford won a third straight election to lead Ontario, as voters in Canada’s manufacturing heartland opted for a familiar face to steer an economy that’s under threat from US President Donald Trump’s trade policy.