“If you have been following it all, you know that Ford and the (Progressive Conservatives) in Ontario have wanted to have an early election for some time,” John Shields, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) said.

With a snap election around the corner, data shows that Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s Ontario PC Party will likely stay in power.  According to research from analysts at Abacus Data — if a provincial election were held today — the Ontario PC party would have a majority government.