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On this episode of Focus Ontario, fallout from the now-infamous Ronald Reagan ad, Ontario’s stance on federal bail reform legislation and the PCs walk back a controversial plan that could have ended rent control. 

Newly elected leader of the Ontario PCs Doug Ford sat down with John Oakley on 640 Toronto Monday. He addressed a new poll suggesting the PCs will form a majority government in the upcoming election despite Ford’s unpopularity.

Ontario PC Deputy Leaders Sylvia Jones and Steve Clark said the resignation of Patrick Brown had not lost the party the June 7 election, instead describing the resignation as a “hiccup” in the party’s campaign.

At the annual Manning Networking Conference held in Ottawa, Ontario Progressive Conservative party leadership candidate Christine Elliott said that if Patrick Brown can clear his name, he should be able to run for the party in the next election. Patrick Brown resigned as Ontario PC leader late last month after being accused of sexual misconduct.

This morning, Ontario Premier Doug Ford was approached to give comment on MPP Amanda Simard resigning from PC caucus, and he said repeatedly that his government is “solid” and “united” despite losing a second member of the team.

The PC government announced on Thursday it would be consolidating its provincial health agencies and Local Health Integration Networks into a single agency in order to reduce the “bloated health care” bureaucracy.

Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown said Saturday the party would make the “largest mental health commitment in Canadian provincial history” of $1.9 billion over 10 years.

After unveiling a plan that includes tax cuts for the middle class, child care refunds for low-income households and big dollars towards mental health services and transit, the PC Party is on the campaign trail drumming up support for June. As Shallima Maharaj reports, while leader Patrick Brown insists the numbers add up, there’s concern...

Fri, Jan 26: With under five months to go before Ontarians head to the polls, who will represent the PCs is still up in the air. Shallima Maharaj speaks to the man who was briefly appointed interim leader after a Friday morning caucus meeting, and sums up the whirlwind day that was.

Mon, Jan 29: From his mother’s basement in Etobicoke, Doug Ford announced he’ll join the race to lead Ontario’s PC Party into the June 7 election. As Shallima Maharaj reports, it comes at a time when the party is faced with uncertainty and scrutiny after two major resignations.

The official start to the Ontario election campaign is just weeks away and although the approval rating of the government remains strong, high inflation and the sixth wave of the pandemic may be causing vote support to dip. As Erica Vella reports, new Ipsos polling done exclusively for Global News shows the Liberals are now...

The PCs release a budget as a campaign document, while the NDP take the wraps off its campaign platform. Plus the latest census info shows a dramatic shift in demographics for older Canadians. All that and more on this week’s edition on Focus Ontario.

It looks like a race to the finish with just two weeks until Ontario votes for premier. The NDP has tied things up with the PC Party, as the Liberals lag behind. Eric Sorensen reports.

An interesting race is unfolding for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, where PC MPP Steve Clark faces off against Liberal candidate and Brockville Mayor David Henderson.

The Ontario PCs have an early lead as results in the provincial election come in.

Ontario’s minister of economic development and trade is back from Donald Trump’s inauguration after speaking with U.S. dignitaries about the looming threat of tariffs. Jaden Lee-Lincoln reports

A poll conducted exclusively for Global News by Ipsos shows a large Progressive Conservative lead, with the Liberals and NDP far behind and close together. Global News’ Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Colin D’Mello reports.

Ontario PC Party Leader Doug Ford said Monday during a rally that the PCs were a united party and that unity is the Liberals’ ‘worst nightmare.’

A confident Doug Ford hit the campaign trail with one day to go in the area of Ontario that may just win him a majority government. Jamie Mauracher has more.

Progressive parties are focusing their attacks not just on the incumbent Progressive Conservatives but also against each other. As election day nears, and the PCs lead in polls, some suggest the real election campaign is taking place between the NDP and Liberals for second place. Matthew Bingley reports.