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With the Progressive Conservatives securing a majority win in the Feb. 27 provincial election — their third since 2018 — Premier Doug Ford returns to Queen’s Park with the mandate he said he needed to fight against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

As Trump plans to make good on his threats to implement tariffs on most Canadian goods, elected officials in municipalities across Ontario are working on strategies to limit the impact on the economy.

In Brampton, Mayor Patrick Brown struck a Tariff Task Force to build new trade opportunities. For his part, a re-elected Ford vowed to continue working with “every level of government and every political stripe, because fighting back against Donald Trump is standing up for Canada,” he said in an election night speech