PC leader Doug Ford’s reelection bid is now underway as the campaigning toward the June 2 election officially got underway on Wednesday.
Addressing supporters in Etobicoke last night, Ford says he’s ready to back his campaign slogan, Get it done.
“Friends, it’s time to roll up our sleeves and get to work and say yes to more jobs, more homes and more roads, more highways and public transit, and more money back into your pocket,” says Ford.
Ford labelled the NDP as ‘the party of no’ while criticizing the Liberals for wasting tax dollars, leaving health care on the brink of collapse, and stalling the economy while they were in power.
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NDP leader Andrea Horwath warns of more cost-cutting if the PCs receive a second mandate.
“So the first job, the most important thing that we can do in this election is to make sure Doug Ford does not get a second term so that the Conservatives can’t make even more cuts that hurt people,” says Horwath.
Horwath says the NDP is the best party to get that done.
She notes the party finished first or second in one hundred ridings in the last election.
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Education was top of mind as Liberal leader Steven Del Duca kicked off his campaign.
He is promising funding that will lead to the construction of 200 new schools and the upgrade of 4,500 others.
He says the $10 billion will come from cancelling the planned construction of Highway 413 in southern Ontario.
“From my perspective as a dad with kids in the system, the fact that Doug Ford wants to invest at $10 billion on the 413, instead of making sure that our kids attend state of the art schools really underscores how frankly he is not up to the job,” says Del Duca.
Del Duca says he would invest that $10 billion back into the education system within the first 100 days of taking office.
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While the other party leaders will travel by bus across Ontario, Green Party leader Mike Schreiner is going electric.
He unveiled his campaign and the electric vehicles he will use to tour the province.
Schreiner says running to earn your vote, not buy it.
“Gimmicks are not going to solve the challenges we face in this province. Gimmicks are not going to address the climate crisis and leave a livable future for our children. Gimmicks are not going to provide the housing solutions,” says Schreiner.
On the campaign trail today, Horwath will unveil her party’s plan to expand health care coverage in the province while she campaigns in the Scarborough area.
Del Duca makes a campaign announcement of his own in Woodbridge.
Schreiner talks housing in Waterloo and takes part in a candidate’s debate in his Guelph riding tonight.
The itinerary for PC leader Doug Ford was not immediately available.
