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There is no fee to become a candidate. How to Vote. Other Upcoming Elections. Sign Up for our Mailing List Keep informed about our upcoming events and initiatives. Sign up for our Mailing List now! Meanwhile, the ads, rhetoric and fundraising have already begun. When Question Period resumed in the Ontario legislature this week for the first time since the spring, there was one notable absence: Premier Doug Ford. Instead of being in his front-row seat, Mr. Even though the vote is eight months away, campaign season has begun.
The PC Party and the Official Opposition New Democrats released radio, television and digital advertisements this week, with the third-place Liberals expected to unveil some within weeks. An upbeat PC Party ad frames Mr. Ford says in the new TV spot. Others go after his political opponents, with one trying to paint NDP Leader Andrea Horwath as a career politician who says one thing and does another. A third ad is dedicated to linking Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca, who was a cabinet minister under premier Kathleen Wynne, to the unpopular Liberal government that was defeated in A TV spot features shots of her meeting with voters while pledging better care for seniors and safer schools.
The NDP is also rolling out two negative ads. One says Mr. Ford brought in lockdowns that let big-box stores stay open but closed local businesses, and protected profits for operators of nursing homes despite a crisis in senior care. Despite that long-running Ontario political paradox, provincial Liberals argue the federal results are a good sign for their party. They say it shows the strength of the Liberal brand in the province and they say a team of plus Liberal MPs means on-the-ground organizational support for the provincial campaign in many target ridings.
The New Democrats and Progressive Conservatives see that as wishful thinking on the part of the Liberals. For Ford's incumbent PCs, the result is another piece of evidence along with last month's Nova Scotia election that voters are not simply going to hand whatever government happens to be in power a majority just because of the pandemic.
One could also see the results in the ring of seats around Toronto, referred to as the , where Ontario elections are won and lost, as bad news for the PCs. The Liberals took nearly 47 per cent of the popular vote in those ridings and O'Toole's party failed to gain ground there even though he represents the riding of Durham.
The strategist argues that Ford's recent COVID policies — bringing in a proof-of-vaccination program, requiring all his candidates to get vaccinated, and booting the one MPP who refused — have greater appeal to those voters. As for Andrea Horwath and her Ontario NDP, seeing their federal counterparts win just five seats in the province has to be demoralizing.
Despite that, a senior provincial New Democrat insists Ontario voters view the federal and provincial parties differently and ventures that Horwath is well positioned to take a run at Ford next June. The NDP is going into the race with more incumbents to build on, a stronger pool of candidates, and the accomplishment of having persuaded nearly 2 million Ontarians to vote for them last time, the official says.
The senior New Democrat also claims the PCs are "hoping that the pandemic will be far enough in the rearview mirror that people will forget about how badly Ford screwed things up. The provincial NDP will be engaged in a pitched battle with the Liberals to convince anti-Ford voters that their leader has the skills to steer Ontario through the post-pandemic future, trying to pitch themselves as the competent and responsible alternative. Ford all but disappeared from public view for the past eight weeks.
He has held just one news conference since the end of July. Although the opposition parties pounced on that and the prorogation of the Legislature until Oct. Don't be surprised if the premier holds a news conference on Wednesday, as Ontario's proof of vaccination program kicks in. One issue that requires quick attention from Ford now that Justin Trudeau has been re-elected is child care. Ontario is one of only three provinces along with Alberta and New Brunswick that have not yet signed on to the federal Liberals' child-care program.
Provincial government officials say they believe a deal can be reached with the federal government on child care that will be good for Ontario.
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