Ontario’s election on the Potomac

For a third successive election, the Liberals finished third and, in all three, their leader was defeated. That has never happened before and is an ominous signal. Like the provincial Liberals in all four Western provinces, the Ontario Liberal party may become a perpetually distant also-ran.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the first ministers' meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025.

TORONTO—It was a needless and most unusual election. In its midst, the Ontario premier left the country twice to lobby in policy fields—international trade, tariffs, and borders—beyond provincial jurisdiction. In addition to going abroad, the premier was absent from th...

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