Ford Urges Carney to Focus on Key ‘Nation-Building’ Initiatives, Including Highway 401 Tunnel

Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to reporters following the First Ministers Meeting at the National War Museum on March 21, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is asking Prime Minister Mark Carney for support on multiple projects for the province, including his plan to construct a tunnel under Highway 401.

Ford wrote to Carney on May 5, presenting a list of Ontario’s priorities that he wants the federal government to prioritize. The letter comes in response to a request made by Carney during a March meeting with the premiers in which he urged them to identify “nation-building projects.”