Vote Tory to stop Trump’s tariffs: that’s the basic message Ontario Premier Doug Ford was sending voters as he prepared to trigger the province’s 44th general election, dissolving the legislature on Tuesday just two-and-a-half years into his second majority government. Ford said he needs “the largest mandate in Ontario’s history” to stand up to the president’s threats, and if those threats come good, to “invest tens of billions of dollars in unplanned spending and make tough choices.”