Mr. Ford won a majority of the Ontario Legislature’s seats for the second time in June, 2022, just 2½ years ago. The next election date under provincial legislation is currently fixed for June, 2026.
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Ms. Stiles, citing the Premier’s own recent warning that Mr. Trump’s tariffs could cost Ontario half a million jobs, said Mr. Ford was putting party before province.
“He can either be the Premier or run for Premier,” the NDP Leader said in a statement. “He needs to decide what’s more important: his job or 500,000 jobs.”
From: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-voters-to-head-to-the-polls-feb-27-source/
There’s really no good way for it to be perceived. He’s about halfway through the term, so it seems like a pretty bald faced grab to lengthen his tenure.
But I thought he was going to get slammed last time. We’ll see.
The man who froze pay of health care workers during a period of historic inflation, in the middle of the biggest health care crisis in 100 years? I thought for sure he would lose and yet here we are…
I guess it shows how out of touch with the political football game I am. Even if I were a conservative Premier, it seems like a no-brainer to give our heroes a modest raise. I mean, I wouldn’t want to as a conservative leader but I mean, it’s the middle of a goddamned pandemic and every rule has an exception, right? I guess I was wrong.