Campaign for June 2 Ontario election to begin Wednesday
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Ontario's election campaign is set to officially start Wednesday, after the lieutenant-governor accepted Premier Doug Ford's advice to dissolve provincial parliament. Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell formally named June 2 as the election date.
Ontario's election campaign is set to officially start Wednesday, after the lieutenant-governor accepted Premier Doug Ford's advice to dissolve provincial parliament.
Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell formally named June 2 as the election date.
Ontario politicians have already been unofficially campaigning for weeks, with two out of the three major parties having released their platforms.
On his way in to meet with Dowdeswell on Tuesday afternoon, Ford said people will have "a very clear choice" on June 2.
"This election is about one simple thing," he said. "Either the people of this province are going to choose to go backwards ... or they're going to choose prosperity, getting things built, bridges roads and highways like we’re doing."
Polls at this point suggest Ford's Progressive Conservatives are poised for re-election, with the third-place Liberals potentially overtaking the NDP to form the official Opposition.
