Tag: Ontario election
High advance poll turnout a surprise amid lacklustre campaign
Nearly 10 per cent of Ontario voters cast a ballot in advance polls, up from last provincial election, a potentially encouraging sign of voter engagement in an otherwise dull provincial campaign, experts say.
Letters to the Editor: May 28, 2022
Here we go again: Conservatives, New Democrats, Liberals and Greens out seeking our votes.
How Doug Ford union nods reflect right’s inroads with working-class voters
Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives clinched another construction sector union endorsement Friday – their eighth of the campaign – in a sign of how parties on the political right have made significant inroads with working-class voters, one expert says.
CHATHAM-KENT-LEAMINGTON: Unexpected twists buffet Erie shore riding
This is one in a series of profiles of ridings across the London region ahead of the June 2 provincial election: CHATHAM-KENT-LEAMINGTON THE RIDING Formerly known as Chatham-Kent-Essex, and renamed in 2012 redistribution, the riding includes all of the former Kent County south of the Thames River, along with Chatham, Leamington and Mersea Township in […]
Ontario 2022 election: Grits pledge to kill $10B highway to boost schools
2 p.m. Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives clinched another trade union endorsement Friday, his eighth of the 2022 election campaign. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 793, which represents more than 18,000 crane and heavy equipment operators in the province, is the latest trade group to throw its support behind Ford’s PCs. 11:15 a.m. New Democrat […]