This news roundup covers several key stories from across Canada. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is dissolving parliament and triggering an early election for February 27th. Many snowbirds are selling their Florida homes due to a weak loonie and rising insurance costs. Meanwhile, the Quebec legislature returns with concerns over US tariffs and a focus on secularism and identity.
Ford set to dissolve government for early election
NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie and Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner have all said calling an election more than a year early is a waste of time and money. Canadians made up nearly one-quarter of foreign sellers in Florida between April 2023 and March 2024 versus 11 per cent in the same period a year earlier, according to a National Realtors Association report.
He said the legislation will be in the same vein as the government's controversial secularism law and its overhaul of the French language law.
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