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Ontario Liberal Party

What, Me Worry?

CP | Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.12.2013 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - Premier Kathleen Wynne dismissed suggestions Tuesday that the Liberals' chances of winning the next election have dimmed now that veteran ca...

Watching the Watchdog: Kathleen Wynne for the Speechwriting Win

Tim Knight | Posted 03.29.2013 | Canada Politics
Tim Knight

I coach people on how to write and deliver power speeches. The sort of speeches that touch human emotions and hold audiences in their seats. You did all that Saturday morning while running for that most undesirable of jobs -- Liberal premier of Ontario.

Kathleen Wynne For the Ontario Liberal Leadership Win?

John Laforet | Posted 03.12.2013 | Canada Politics
John Laforet

As the Ontario Liberal Party prepares to host delegate election meetings across the province this weekend, all signs point to a victory for Kathleen Wynne. She continues to demonstrate the organizational strength and critical levels of support needed to become the Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. Glen Murray chose to drop out of the race and endorse Wynne prior to delegate election meetings where delegates, who will ultimately elect the next leader, will be elected themselves. Assuming his supporters follow him, Wynne's advantage going into this weekend's delegate election meetings is significant.

Round 2

CP | Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.07.2013 | Canada Politics

THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Ontario's Liberal leadership contenders clashed Sunday over the question of whether northern Ontario should be given more independ...

Deadline Day For Ontario Contenders

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.22.2013 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - A last-minute entrance by former government services minister Harinder Takhar means there are now seven candidates in the race to replace Da...

Another Ontario Cabinet Minister Resigns

CP | Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.09.2013 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - Two more Ontario cabinet ministers have quit as the race for the Liberal leadership heats up and the slate of potential candidates grows.Dr....

Following In His Footsteps

CP | Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.07.2013 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - The latest entrant into the Liberal leadership race says she won't bring back the legislature immediately if she becomes Ontario's next prem...

Ontario Liberals To Hold Leadership Convention In..

CBC | Posted 12.29.2012 | Canada Politics

The Ontario Liberal party will pick its new leader in Toronto. The leadership convention set for the weekend of Jan. 25 will take place ta...

Dwight Duncan Makes His Decision

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.23.2012 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - Finance Minister Dwight Duncan has decided against running for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal party.Duncan says he won't make a bid t...

'Project Vapour' Revealed In Gas Plant Docs

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.17.2012 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - Ontario's Progressive Conservatives say the Liberal government used the code name Project Vapour to hide the cost of cancelling a generating...

'He Couldn't Make This Minority Government Work'

CBC | Posted 12.16.2012 | Canada Politics

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s pending departure has triggered a renewal process for the governing Liberals, but party executives know they are w...

Part 3: Without Corporations, Tim Hudak Wouldn't Be Elected

Sid Ryan | Posted 09.19.2012 | Canada Politics
Sid Ryan

According to a recent study of Ontario elections, between 2004 and 2011, over 40 per cent of Progressive Conservatives' funds ($26 million) came from corporations. Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak's vitriol toward unions has to do with the modest efforts of union members to counter the influence of corporations and the wealthy.

'If We Cannot Pass This Budget We Will Take It To The People'

CBC | Posted 08.14.2012 | Canada Politics

Ontario's minority Liberals are livid – even threatening an election after only eight months – after the opposition parties joined fo...

Government Should Start Auctioning Off Bus Routes

Steve Lafleur | Posted 07.29.2012 | Canada Politics
Steve Lafleur

Inter-city bus ridership has declined over the last few decades in Canada. This is largely because driving has become cheaper. It's time that the government start auctioning off subsidies to the lowest private bidder. This would be a win for riders, and a win for taxpayers.

Let's try that Ontario Election Again, Shall We?

John Laforet | Posted 06.17.2012 | Canada Politics
John Laforet

If there was ever a time to have an election it is right now, before the proposed provincial budget for 2012 passes the legislature. Ontario's last election was light on policy and heavy on platitudes from all sides. Is there any reason to deny Ontarians the opportunity to chart the course they want our government to take?

Hey CFS: Stop Misrepresenting McGuinty's Promises

Jonathan Scott | Posted 04.06.2012 | Canada Politics
Jonathan Scott

To claim the Ontario Liberal government has broken its election promise to students is to not tell the truth. At least the Canadian Federation of Students is done with intimidating, profane protests; now they're just spreading misinformation, and once again students -- the ones they're meant to represent -- are losing.

McGuinty's Throne Speech: Campaign Left, Govern Right

Jason Lietaer | Posted 01.23.2012 | Canada Politics
Jason Lietaer

The fact that the Liberals are starting down the road of talking about the fiscal mess in Ontario (or at least saying they are) is a good sign. But what most reasonable people wonder is: you're just noticing this now?

The McGuinty Shuffle: Who's In

CP | Romina Maurino, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.19.2011 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - The minority Liberals will unveil a leaner cabinet Thursday with no new faces as Premier Dalton McGuinty sticks to his election mantra that ...

Did Green Energy Act Cost McGuinty Rural Votes?

John Laforet | Posted 12.12.2011 | Canada
John Laforet

The McGuinty government made a decision to ignore the motions against further industrial wind development, the protests, the rallies and the dominance of this issue at rural all candidates debates and their rural caucus paid for it with their jobs and cost his government their majority.

Ontario Election's Politics of Misdirection

Andrew Reeves | Posted 11.28.2011 | Canada
Andrew Reeves

The problem with elections is how easy it is to have one bad apple spoil the whole bunch. Isolated incidences like Paul Ferreira's wish to introduce toll roads and parking taxes can be forgiven, but people are not dumb, they see through it, and you end up looking silly.

What do Dalton McGuinty and Kathy Griffin Have in Common?

Kathy Buckworth | Posted 11.28.2011 | Canada
Kathy Buckworth

What do comedienne Kathy Griffin and Premier Dalton McGuinty have in common, besides their Irish roots? Within the space of 24 hours, I saw them both ...

Ontario Election: Learning From McGuinty's Liberals

Hassan Arif | Posted 11.17.2011 | Canada
Hassan Arif

Ontario's Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty seemed destined for electoral defeat, badly trailing the Tories earlier in the summer. In addition, the NDP'...

Ontario's Liberals Promise Summer Help For Grades 1 To 3

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.01.2011 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - Ontario's Liberals are promising a voluntary summer program to help kids in Grade 1 through Grade 3 get ready for the school year, the lates...

Ontario Election Is a Political Litmus Test

Hassan Arif | Posted 10.22.2011 | Canada
Hassan Arif

The Ontario election overall is an interesting one to watch as a litmus test for the staying power of Conservative and NDP gains, and to see whether rumours of the Liberal Party's demise may truly be exaggerated.