Category: Doug Ford

Doug Ford’s PCs Win Second Majority Government in Ontario

Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives won a second majority government in the country’s most populous province on June 2. The Ontario NDP is poised to form Official Opposition again, while the Liberals, which were in government before the 2018 provincial election, remain at third spot. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, who has led the party through four…


Doug Ford’s PCs Get Boost From Trade Union Support Ahead of Ontario Election

During the Ontario election campaign, the Progressive Conservatives (PCs) have been able to capture considerable support from trade unions, something usually associated with the NDP, which has traditionally pursued the blue-collar vote. Going into the June 2 election, eight trade unions have endorsed the Ontario PCs, a landmark in the province’s political history. “This does…


Party Leaders Make Final Appeals to Voters Two Days Ahead of Ontario Election

With two days left until the June 2 Ontario election, candidates are making their final appeals to voters. Here’s a look at the itineraries of the party leaders for May 31.  As of May 30, Elections Ontario said a total of 1,066,545 voters, or roughly 9.92 percent of eligible voters in Ontario, have cast their…


John Robson: The Vacuousness of the ‘Pragmatic Conservative’ Position

Commentary With a vote looming, and widespread disgust at polarization and ideology, perhaps we can all get behind the major political figure who said, “I am unique in that I’m neither left nor right, but I’m also not a mushy moderate. I’ve always stood for something.” Provided we can figure out what that thing was….


Ontario Election: What the Parties Are Promising

The Ontario provincial election campaign was officially launched on May 4, with election day slated for June 2. Here is a glimpse of what six parties with at least one MPP in the current session are offering. Doug Ford (Progressive Conservative) The Conservative Ford government has made several announcements that indicate a plan to increase…


Ontario Election Campaign to Officially Begin May 4

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell has accepted his advice to dissolve provincial parliament, and the election campaign will officially start on May 4. The Lieutenant Governor also called for writs for the election to be issued on May 4 and formally marked June 2 as the election date. Politicians have been unofficially campaigning…


Ontario Liberals Promise Handgun Ban

Ontario Liberals will ban handguns within one year of taking power, announced their leader Steven Del Duca on April 19. “I’ve had it with Doug Ford’s open for business policy for guns,” Del Duca said in a statement. “The Ford Conservatives are putting the interests of the gun lobby ahead of the Ontario victims of…


Ford Challenged on Both Left and Right as Election Campaign Gains Steam

The Ontario election campaign has kicked into gear with parties holding events, picking slogans, launching campaign ads, and presenting their candidates ahead of the June 2 vote. While incumbent Doug Ford’s main challenge will come from the left, new faces on the right could pull away traditional Ontario Progressive Conservative voters. Ford released a campaign…


Doug Ford Says Neither He nor Caucus Members Will Endorse Anyone for Tory Race

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says neither he nor his Progressive Conservative caucus members will be endorsing anyone for the leadership of the federal Conservative party. When asked about it Tuesday at an unrelated announcement in Brampton, Ont., Ford said both he and the people in his caucus have their hands full supporting the people of…


Facts Matter (Feb. 11): Six Provinces Lift Mandates After Protests Continue; Secret Phone Recording of Ontario Premier

It has now officially been two weeks since the Freedom Convoy protest in Canada reached the capital city of Ottawa. And amid all of the challenges that they are facing—from the media, from the police, from the courts, from politicians, from Big Tech, and so on—it appears that their protest is actually working. As of…