Ontario Premier Doug Ford has decided his best chance of re-election in June is to cozy up to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rather than anyone in the federal Conservative leadership race.
On Wednesday, Ford appeared with Trudeau as they jointly announced an investment of $131.6 million each by the Ontario and federal governments in Honda Canada’s $1.4 billion project to retool its Alliston, Ont. plant to produce hybrid electric vehicles.
During that event, Ford said his Progressive Conservative government, the last provincial holdout, is “very, very close” to a deal with Trudeau’s Liberals to make childcare more affordable for Ontario families, with an announcement coming “very, very soon.”
On Tuesday, by contrast, Ford said neither he nor his PC caucus at Queen’s Park will endorse any of the candidates in the federal Conservative leadership race.
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