Ontario plans to create ‘economic priority areas’ as part of anti-tariff strategy | Globalnews.ca

As the Ontario legislature prepares to return following February’s snap election, the Ford government is expected to table legislation to designate “economic priority areas” in the province — a law created to help the province fast-track access to critical minerals in the Ring of Fire.When Queen’s Park roars back to life on Monday, MPPs will take their seats for the first time since the election and elect a new speaker of the legislature before listening to the Speech from the Throne delivered by Lt. Gov. Edith Dumont.Premier Doug Ford says the throne speech, which outlines the government’s priorities for the session, will be heavily focused on U.S. President Donald Trump and the Progressive Conservative Party’s campaign promise to “protect Ontario.”“Considering the position we’re in with President Donald Trump attacking us economically … it’s not business as usual,” Ford told reporters at Queen’s Park on Thursday. “We have to start moving as quickly as possible.”Story continues below...