After months of speculation, Doug Ford has sent Ontarians to the polls early.

The election campaign officially kicked off this week, with party leaders making their pitches to voters.

Why now? What’s it got to do with Donald Trump? And U.S. Tariffs?

Host David Smith speaks with two Ontario political insiders: Andrew Brander from Crestview Strategy, who was an advisor to the Ford Government, and Lindsay Maskell, a Liberal strategist and former advisor to Premier Dalton McGuinty.

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