Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. February 27th, 2025

It is Election Day in Ontario and there are snowflakes on the ground, a poetic sign as we settle the first Winter election in over 100 years. The polls opened at 9 o’clock this morning and they are scheduled to close at 9 o’clock tonight. Naturally, after a low voter turnout in the June 2022 election, there are a lot of questions surrounding this year’s turnout, especially with only 6 percent of voters showing up at the advanced polls. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with John Beebe, who is the founder of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Democratic Engagement Exchange. Shifting gears to federal politics, Canada’s Public Safety Minister is visiting Washington today, joined alongside the country’s Immigration Minister and the newly-appointed Fentanyl Czar. Once again, they are trying to stop Trump’s tariffs on Canadian-made goods. And after yesterday’s mixed messaging as to when those tariffs would be slapped onto Canada’s tab, the March 4th target date remains in play. Source: U.S. President Donald John Trump.