OTTAWA — Both Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are clapping back at a report suggesting the federal leader asked the premier for help on the upcoming election campaign, but was rebuffed.

“The report is not accurate,” Poilievre told reporters during a press conference at a union local in suburban Ottawa Friday morning.

“I did speak to the premier, as I do with all premiers when they want to talk, and we talked about bringing home jobs to Canada, supporting the Ring of Fire, cutting taxes, unleashing our production, and reversing the lost Liberal decade,” he added, reprising many of his recent policy announcements.