I’ll back Ford, on one condition Premier Doug Ford has convinced me to vote for him and this will be a personal “first” for me as a lifelong Liberal. My vote, however, is conditional on his positive response to one question: Will he remove Ontario’s inter-provincial trade barriers and work to ensure all other provinces do so as well?

Ontario PC leader Doug Ford launched his re-election campaign in Windsor on Wednesday. He says he needs a strong mandate to respond to threats of tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump. But protesters outside Ford's campaign launch reminded him of another pressing issues: education and health care.