Ontario Premier Doug Ford embarked on a marathon of interviews with U.S. media earlier this week to promote the importance of trade between Canada and its southern neighbour in the hopes it may convince Donald Trump to back off his tariff threats.

Picture a schoolyard. Donald Trump is there. He’s the schoolyard bully. He calls the other kids names, he threatens them, he pushes them around. Sometimes, he even hits them, for no apparent reason. Other kids are in the playground.

In response to Trump’s plan to slap 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, Ford warned the country’s most populous province was prepared to retaliate, provoking a response from the incoming president.

There’s growing concern that potential tariffs on Canadian imports to the U.S. could be an existential threat to the country’s recovering automotive industry.

Doug Ford says he wants to meet with Donald Trump to talk trade as the incoming U.S. president threatens major tariffs on Canadian imports. The Ontario Premier has been making the rounds on U.S ...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has a message for Mexico as the threat of tariffs by incoming president Donald Trump hangs over both sides of the U.S. border.

Doug Ford says Canada and the United States need to "make a deal" as President-Elect Donald Trump's threats of sweeping tariffs continues to loom over the two countries.

Premier Doug Ford said he would use "every tool" to "defend Ontarians and Canadians" in response to Donald Trump's tariff threat.

The premier of Canada’s most populous province says President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on all Canadian products would be a “disaster” that would hurt U.S. stock markets.

Doug Ford, the premier of the Canadian province of Ontario, suggested retaliating against possible tariffs that President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose on products from Canada.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford argued Donald Trump's tariff threat risks destabilizing a vital trading relationship.

A looming tariff battle between the United States and Canada could be a factor in a long-rumoured early Ontario election, some political experts say, suggesting the fight may give Premier Doug Ford a reason to call a snap vote.