FILE PHOTO: Ontario's Premier Doug Ford speaks at the Stellantis Research and Development Centre in Windsor, Ontario, Canada May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Incumbent Progressive Conservative Doug Ford is leading the race to win a second term as Ontario premier with promises of tax relief at the gas pump amid soaring inflation and fixing clogged highways in Canada's biggest city, Toronto.
Ford, 57, swept to power in 2018, ending 15 years of Liberal rule in Ontario - home to nearly 40% of Canada's 38.2 million people, and the June 2 election could reflect voters' views on his handling of the pandemic, which was often criticized.
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