Doug Ford

Stephen Maher: The Ontario premier’s bull-in-a-china-shop routine won’t just turn off swing voters, it’s shaking the confidence of his own people

Opinion: Tabatha Southey receives a vision of Future Ontario’s educational material on politics, the judicial system and Charter rights

The constitutional checks on a premier’s power are used even less often than the notwithstanding clause

Anti-abortion lobbyists cheered Ontario’s election as evidence of success. Next up: an ambitious strategy for 2019.

Paul Wells: Thanks to a politician who’s in no mood for fine print, the notwithstanding clause is now in the toolkit of any impatient government

Defying the courts by using the notwithstanding clause is a move straight out of the new populist playbook—and Ford has hinted he’ll do it again

Opinion: The court decision that struck Bill 5 down hinges on incoherent legal arguments, and goes beyond the bounds of a judicial ruling—and that’s dangerous

Justice Edward P. Belobaba ruled that Bill 5 ’substantially interfered’ with municipal candidates’ Charter right to free expression

John Geddes in Halifax: The Tory leader faces two routes: Fight ideological battles or focus on deliverables. He might be best telling his own story.

Toronto voted to challenge the premier’s plan to slash the size of council. But with no clear path to win, it’s likely to be an exercise in futility.