Tag: Ontario election
At campaign-style stop, NDP’s Andrea Horwath details mental-health plan
ST. THOMAS – Fresh off unveiling her party’s platform for Ontario’s June election, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath pitched her plan for universal mental health-care in a campaign-style stop here Tuesday. Horwath, with Elgin-Middlesex-London NDP candidate Andy Kroeker, pledged to pump $1.15 billion annually into mental health supports “to fix the system.” “This is a crisis. […]
Vanessa Lalonde to carry Ontario Liberal banner in London West
London West Liberals acclaimed Vanessa Lalonde as their candidate for this spring’s provincial election Monday. Lalonde’s nomination was announced at a virtual meeting. She will go up against Peggy Sattler, who currently holds the seat for the New Democrats. Paul Paolatto is running for the Progressive Conservatives in the riding. Under Ontario’s fixed-date election legislation, […]
NDP choose activist Lindsay Wilson as Oxford provincial election candidate
An Ingersoll woman who created a mentorship program to encourage rural women to run for office will be the New Democratic Party candidate in Oxford in the June provincial election. Ontario’s NDP party recently appointed Lindsay Wilson, co-founder of Municipal Campaign School Oxford County, to run in the riding that has been held by Progressive […]