Just minutes before Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie’s 10 a.m. launch of her party’s election campaign in Barrie, that city’s mayor expressed support Wednesday for Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives.

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles launched her campaign in Toronto, pitching herself as the best person to fight back against Mr. Trump, while Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie appeared in Barrie, an hour north of Toronto, and focused on improving health care. Both have dismissed the early election as needless.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is sending voters to the polls 15 months early, with a snap election he says is needed to deal with the threat posed to Ontario’s economy by U.S. President Donald Trump and his avowed tariffs on Canadian exports. Key things to know ahead of Wednesday’s expected election call:

An Ontario court has thrown out a Charter challenge of a controversial long-term care law that allows hospitals to move people into homes they didn't choose, or charge them $400 a day if they refuse and want to stay in hospital.

Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford will launch his election campaign in Windsor Wednesday.And a political scientist at the University of Windsor says she expects him to make the border city a prominent backdrop for his campaign.

The Ontario government is investing $1.8 million into the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA) Local 494, with a focus on expanding its training centre in Windsor.