The average cost of a litre of gas in Ontario will set a new record on Friday, and at least one industry analyst is warning that “it is going to get a lot more painful for drivers” over the coming weeks.
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PCs have ‘pulled away’ from pack as Ontario election set to begin: Ipsos poll
The survey, conducted exclusively for Global News, suggests that if the provincial election were held tomorrow, the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party under Leader Doug Ford would garner 39 per cent of the decided popular vote.
The survey found the Ontario Liberals — under Leader Steven Del Duca — would receive 26 per cent of the vote, while the NDP, under Leader Andrea Horwath, would collect 25 per cent of the vote.
PCs open Ontario election campaign with seven-point lead, new poll suggests
It found the Tories currently have the support of 36.9 per cent of Ontario voters while the Liberals, led by Steven Del Duca, are supported by 30.4 per cent of decided voters. Andrea Horwath and the NDP sit in third with the support of 23.7 per cent of decided voters while the Greens are a distant fourth with 4.3 per cent.
Ontario election campaign to officially begin as Ford meets with Dowdeswell
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to meet with Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell Tuesday at 3 p.m. to officially start the provincial election period.
Woman with disabilities nears medically assisted death after futile bid for affordable housing
A 31-year-old Toronto woman who uses a wheelchair is nearing final approval for a medically assisted death request after a fruitless bid to secure an affordable apartment that doesn’t worsen her chronic illnesses.
Ontario Liberals promise to cut all transit fares to $1 until 2024
The Ontario Liberals say that if they form government after the June 2 election they would make all public transit fares $1 until 2024.
The party says the fare reduction would apply to “every transit system in Ontario,” including all municipal services, as well as GO Transit and Ontario Northland.
The Liberals are dubbing their plan “buck-a-ride,” a reference to a popular part of Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford’s 2018 platform to offer “buck-a-beer.”
GOLDSTEIN: Ford’s path to victory is to win over Trudeau voters
Premier Doug Ford’s strategy for winning a second majority government on June 2 relies on getting Ontario voters, who supported Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in last year’s federal election, to vote for his Progressive Conservative candidates now.
Waterloo school board offering woke workshop for teachers
An upcoming Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) virtual learning symposium will teach teachers how to create “meaningful and reflective” territorial acknowledgements for their schools, as well as inform them what “intersectionality” is all about.
GOLDSTEIN: Instead of serious tax relief, Ford delivers election bribes
If Ontario Premier Doug Ford wins re-election on June 2, he can thank Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
That’s because massive federal financial support for Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with soaring inflation which, while devastating to families, increases government revenues, is enabling Ford to indiscriminately throw money at Ontarians in the budget Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy delivered Thursday.
I suspect he will win.
Doug Ford banking on billions in deficit spending as PCs table pre-election budget
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is banking on billions of dollars in infrastructure spending to get him re-elected to a second term in office, relying on continued deficits to fuel campaign promises.
The Ford government tabled “Ontario’s Plan to Build” on Thursday, a 241-page, $198 billion document that serves both as a provincial budget and an election platform for the PC party.
The Ontario Liberals’ proposed handgun ban is opportunistic – and voters can’t afford to fall for it
There must be an alarm that goes off in every Liberal Party war room when polling shows support has fallen to undesirable levels: Attention! Electoral success threatened! Please deploy “abortion,” “gun” or “austerity” attack!
Gun-Grabbing Politicians’ Main Goal Is To Disarm The Minds Of Canadians
The news of Ontario Liberal Party leader Steven Del Duca declaring that he wants to ban the legal purchasing of handguns if he becomes premier caught the attention of conservative media in Canada, which rightfully ripped Del Duca for his anti-firearms positions.
Liberals in ‘striking distance’ of PCs but many Ontario voters still unfamiliar with Del Duca, poll suggests
The Ontario election race appears to be tightening ahead of the formal start of the campaign, with one new poll putting the Liberals only four points back of Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative party.
The Abacus Data survey of 1,500 Ontarians found that 36 per cent of decided voters plan to cast a ballot for Ford’s PC party in June, compared to 32 per cent who intend to vote for Steven Del Duca’s Liberal party and 23 per cent who said they would vote for Andrea Horwath and the NDP. About six per cent of respondents indicated that they vote for the Green party while four per cent said that they would vote for another party entirely.
Ontario Liberals pledge handgun ban
An Ontario Liberal government would ban handguns provincewide in its first year in office, Leader Steven Del Duca promises.
The ban would include the sale, possession, transport and storage of handguns, he said Tuesday.
Ontario Government Won’t Comment On Progress Of Digital ID Program
The Ontario government is remaining tight-lipped about the progress and rollout of the proposed provincial digital ID program.
The program was intended to launch in 2021, but was delayed due to the development of the province’s proof-of-vaccination app. In November, the government said they would roll the program out in 2022.
But since then, the government has removed reference to the 2022 timeline from the digital ID website.