PC leader Doug Ford, who last week triggered the Feb. 27 Ontario vote 15 months early, emphasized he is still able to do the job during the election campaign.

President Trump directed top trade officials to study retaliatory tariffs on global trading partners that have steep import duties on U.S. goods, a process that could take several weeks to complete. Why it matters: It threatens a historic attack on global trade norms to address what Trump has deemed unfair imbalances,