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“I’m calling her out — call an election, Kathleen Wynne, in May and I will run — I will guarantee it and we will defeat you and we will make sure the fiscal ship of this province is going in the right direction,” Ford declared on the The John Oakley Morning Show Wednesday. “If she calls it in May I’m going because this province right now is in deep trouble.”

The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party is set to warmly welcome Ford to their ranks, although he is yet to official start the nomination process.

“We are thrilled that he is considering,” PC spokesperson Alan Sakach told the National Post Wednesday. “We think Doug Ford has done a great job at City Hall fighting waste and spending and we’d certainly welcome him seeking a nomination with us.”

Ford appears to have a clear path to a nomination if he ends up running. The PCs do not have a candidate in the Etobicoke North riding, the same riding that Doug Ford’s municipal ward covers.

While the Fords had had a stronghold in Etobicoke for more than a decade, Doug Ford could be in the race of his career to become the MPP for Etobicoke North.

Liberal MPP Dr. Shafiq Qaadri has held the riding since 2003 and easily bested the PCs in the last election, by a margin of 48% to 24%.

Mayor Ford sounded supportive of his brother’s move, saying if elected he could help the city secure provincial funding.

“He’d be an excellent MPP. Follow in my dad’s footsteps, it would make my dad very proud,” said the mayor, who thinks there “absolutely” should be an election in May. “I think people want to go to the polls and send a message.”