WATCH: Cold weather, frosty questions greet Doug Ford at campaign kickoff

Welcome to a special campaign edition of Trillium Talk, your must-see briefing from Village Media’s team of journalists at the Ontario Legislature. 

Although this segment usually runs on Sunday mornings, we're ramping things up now that Doug Ford has officially triggered a provincial election.

Every weekday during the campaign, Village Media's Scott Sexsmith will sit down with one of our staffers at The Trillium to talk about the latest election news.

On the show today is Editor-in-Chief Jessica Smith Cross, who joins us on location from the launch of Doug Ford’s campaign — at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor.

The PC leader used the backdrop to hammer home the point that U.S. President Donald Trump’s looming tariffs are the key issue in this provincial election. (Ford, by the way, has still been unable to land a face-to-face with the new president.)

NDP leader Marit Stiles is in Toronto on day one of the campaign, while Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie is in Barrie.

Our team at The Trillium will remain on the campaign trail with all three major party leaders right up until election day on Feb. 27.

Looking for previous episodes of Trillium Talk? You can find all of them HERE.

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