N.S. premier joins Doug Ford at PC campaign stop as advance polls open [Video]

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford made his first Ontario campaign appearance in over a week on Thursday, holding an event with the PC premier of Nova Scotia, Tim Houston.

The two presented their solutions for Canada’s interprovincial trade barriers, which have come into sharp focus under the threat of 25 per cent tariffs from the United States.

“I have a medical device company back home that says they would love to sell across Canada, but they don’t have the time or energy to deal with the painful nuances of 13 different jurisdictions; in the U.S. they deal with one for the whole country,” Houston said.

“So stop and think about that: it’s easier to sell in another country than in another province or territory.”

Houston called a snap election at then end of last year in Nova Scotia and won a fresh majority.

Ford unveiled a series of promises. He said — if re-elected — he would …