Can Carney reverse the law of political opposites between Ontario and Ottawa?

Going back to the Second World War, the pattern has generally tended to put the Tories in office at Queen’s Park when the Liberals hold power in Ottawa, and vice versa.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. The prime minister’s appeal might give his provincial cousins a long-overdue chance with Ontario voters, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

June 3, 2026

OTTAWA—Maybe it was the plane. Ontario Premier Doug Ford hit it out the park, negatively, with his purchase of a $29-million jet for his own use.

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