The Ontario provincial election that was triggered on Tuesday could unfold with a bang or with a whimper. Will the short campaign be full of unexpected twists and turns or will it be a sleepy affair where little changes? It’s too soon to say which direction the early Feb. 27 vote that’s been called by Premier Doug Ford will head in.

The purpose of asking the electorate to go to the polls more than a year earlier than scheduled, according to Ford, is so he can get a clear mandate on how to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on Canada and, therefore, on the Ontario economy.