PC leader Doug Ford says he’s campaigning like he’s in last place.
The latest polls show Ford with a sizeable lead over the Liberals and NDP.
Ford is not putting solace in those polls.
“I always say the only poll that counts is on Election Day. We always run like we’re in last place. I tell our team run like we’re in last place. Don’t stop door knocking all the way up to June 2,” says Ford.
Ford does make one Election Day prediction.
He believes Liberal leader Steven Del Duca will lose out on his bid to win a seat at Queen’s Park.
Del Duca is quick to disagree.
He says his party is emerging as the only clear alternative to Ford.
He also accuses the PC leader of wanting to privatize public services if given a second mandate.
“He wants to destroy the core public services that are the foundation of everything we stand on in this province. He wants to privatize, so he doesn’t want to come out of the bubble. He doesn’t want to have to admit that he is determined to take a wrecking ball to everything Ontarians hold dear. We’re not going to let him,” says Del Duca.
Del Duca says the biggest fraud during the 2018 election was Ford claiming he was ‘for the people.’
NDP leader Andrea Horwath continues to sell her party as the only one that will fix the things that are broken in Ontario.
Horwath focused on long-term care and the pandemic on Tuesday.
“And now is our chance. Now is our chance to finally fix what’s been going wrong in long-term care. And we are the only, I’m the only premier that will actually do that,” says Horwath.
One of her promises is to reinstate family members’ right to take private long-term care operators to court over the deaths of their loved ones during the pandemic.
Ford removed that right in legislation passed during the pandemic.
Ontario Green Party leader Mike Schreiner is saying, ‘Yes, in my backyard.’
He promises to extend zoning regulations to allow for multi-plex housing units in all residential areas and permit affordable housing projects on former industrial sites.
“We urgently need to take a ‘yes in my backyard’ approach to housing where we creatively make use of existing space and built-up areas to increase the supply of homes,” says Schreiner.
Schreiner also proposes an initiative to address NIMBYism and raise awareness of the importance of middle, mid-rise and community housing developments.
