Author: Mark Winfield, Professor, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has justified his early election call on the need to respond to United States President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports.
While the threat of tariffs on all Canadian imports has been paused — although Trump has since slapped levies on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S. — Ontario voters need to reflect more than ever on the province’s circumstances and the performance of its government as they prepare to head to the polls next week.
The Ford government’s approach to the environment and climate change, as well as its policies on a range of other issues like housing, health care and education, is best understood in the context of its overall “market populist” approach to governance.
Several defining features of this model have emerged over the past six and a half years under Ford’s rule.
Honestly I don’t feel particularly inspired to vote for any candidate this election.
I’m leaning towards NDP, but the LPC are beating them and with the vote split my riding is leaning conservative.
I don’t like Crombie’s campaign at all. It’s all attack little substance, and frankly they do need a costed platform.
This morning on the radio she said the conservatives don’t have one either and that’s so not the point and pathetic to me.
As if “we won’t go beyond the already low bar” is who I want in power over my health and the education of my family. That’s just asinine.
Do vote. Parties get funding related to the number of votes they get, so it’s at least a little bit helpful for the future.
I always vote, I’m not attached to any party, so they’ve made things difficult for me this time.
Crombie met with Ford privately, he agreed to break up Peel and she agreed to run for the Liberal party leader
She promised to be just like him up until he went back on his plan to break up Peel
Why anyone would vote for her is beyond me