Ontario is ready to cut ties with bad trading partners, according to the province's finance minister Whether you call it "friend-shoring" or "conscious decoupling," Ontario is ready to cut ties with bad trading partners, according to the province's finance minister. Speaking to a parliamentary committee Tuesday, Peter Bethlenfalvy said the province has a more self-sufficient economy that can withstand choppy geopolitical waters. "Ontario is well positioned to decouple from adversarial foreign regimes that have no intentions of being reliable, or fair trading...…Ontario is ready to cut ties with bad trading partners, according to the province's finance minister Whether you call it "friend-shoring" or "conscious decoupling," Ontario is ready to cut ties with bad trading partners, according to the province's finance minister. Speaking to a parliamentary committee Tuesday, Peter Bethlenfalvy said the province has a more self-sufficient economy that can withstand choppy geopolitical waters. "Ontario is well positioned to decouple from adversarial foreign regimes that have no intentions of being reliable, or fair trading...WW…

Meanwhile, voters in the solidly blue riding of Lambton-Kent-Middlesex elected Progressive Conservative Steve Pinsonneault The Progressive Conservatives held the riding of Milton in Thursday’s byelection, dashing the Ontario Liberals’ hopes for a bulwark in the Greater Toronto Area, as well as the rural southwestern Ontario riding of Lambton—Kent—Middlesex. “We're fortunate we're blessed, but we're very humbled about the victory,” said Premier Doug Ford at his candidate’s victory party in Milton. The bellwether riding has gone PC since the Liberals last won a general election in...…Meanwhile, voters in the solidly blue riding of Lambton-Kent-Middlesex elected Progressive Conservative Steve Pinsonneault The Progressive Conservatives held the riding of Milton in Thursday’s byelection, dashing the Ontario Liberals’ hopes for a bulwark in the Greater Toronto Area, as well as the rural southwestern Ontario riding of Lambton—Kent—Middlesex. “We're fortunate we're blessed, but we're very humbled about the victory,” said Premier Doug Ford at his candidate’s victory party in Milton. The bellwether riding has gone PC since the Liberals last won a general election in...WW…