Premier-designate Doug Ford officially becomes Premier Doug Ford on Friday, June 29 and you're all invited to the party.
In a rare move at Queens Park, the public is being welcomed to observe the swearing in ceremony on the south lawn of the provincial legislature at noon. Ford Nation is expected to be out in full force to cheer on Ontario's new leader.
A more formal swearing in ceremony of the leader and his cabinet will happen inside, before things are moved outdoors.
On June 7, 2018, the Progressive Conservatives ended 15 years of Liberal power in the province. The PC's took 76 seats out of 124 up for grabs. As for the size of Ford's cabinet or who will make the cut, that remains to be seen.
Ford thrust a handful of Tory candidates into the spotlight during the campaign -- including the party's interim leader, Vic Fedeli, and former leadership rivals Christine Elliott and Caroline Mulroney -- which some observers suggested may have hinted at possible cabinet appointments.
Ford won't be wasting any time in moving his agenda forward. In the weeks since his party's sweeping victory, vowing to make dismantling the province's cap-and-trade system his first order of business, a move that led to the cancellation of several green energy initiatives funded through the program.
Ford also ruffled a few feathers by placing the public service under a hiring freeze, with the exception of essential frontline staff, and ordered that all discretionary spending such as meals for staff meetings be put on hold.
The Tories have also reached out to the group representing Ontario doctors to reopen contract negotiations rather than proceed to scheduled arbitration, saying they want to repair a relationship that soured under the previous regime.
Genevieve Tellier, a political science professor at the University of Ottawa, said it's unusual for a government to enact such measures before the cabinet is sworn in.
She said it suggests Ford is "very serious" about his agenda and Ontarians should expect to see him act on many of his other promises "quite rapidly."
At the same time, there are risks in acting quickly, particularly when it comes to complex policies with far-reaching ramifications, such as carbon pricing, she said.
"I'm not sure he's concerned about the long-term consequences. I think he wants to see short-term results quickly and if there are some problems that will come eventually, he will deal with those problems eventually, we'll see how," she said.
Ford has not yet said when he will recall the legislature but maintains he wants to start working on his plan quickly.
With files from The Canadian Press