Rare trip sees election campaigning split between Ontario and Washington D.C. [Video]

Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford is making an unusual campaign stop in Washington D.C. Tuesday, as Bonnie Crombie, Marit Stiles and Mike Schreiner continue on the hustings in Ontario.

Ford headed south to Washington D.C. for meetings in the United States capital on Tuesday, a move that has been criticized by his opponents for blurring the lines between premier and party leader.

The PC campaign has said the decision to fly to Washington D.C. comes because the Council of the Federation, which represents Canada’s 13 premiers, has events planned in the U.S. for Wednesday.

Ford has chosen to fly a day earlier to the United States on a trip which he has said will be paid for by campaign finances and not the Ontario government.

The financing of the trip had made it unclear to what extent Ford is appearing as the premier of Ontario or PC leader.

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