Ontario Premier Doug Ford, cabinet set to be sworn in [Video]

As Ontario Premier Doug Ford prepares to unveil his third-term cabinet, Progressive Conservative strategists are expecting a status-quo government with the majority of front-bench ministers returning to their posts.

Weeks after securing a third majority mandate, Ford, along with his new cabinet, will be sworn by Lieutenant Governor Edith Dumont on Wednesday, scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. at the Royal Ontario Museum. Global News will live-stream the ceremony on its website.

Ford dissolved the legislature at the end of January and called a snap winter election in an effort to grow his seat count beyond the 83 seats the Progressive Conservatives won in 2022.

Ford cited U.S. President Donald Trump as the reason why Ontarians needed to go to the polls early. The premier said he needed a bigger mandate than he had before to fight Trump’s tariffs, potentially spending billions in taxpayer dollars to simulate the economy.

With polls showing …