A week before the official launch of the election campaign in Ontario, the NDP released two election announcements. Its strategists say they are confident the party can make itself a progressive alternative to Doug Ford.
Met in the offices of NDP in Toronto, the main architects of the NDP campaign told reporters they expected the Liberal campaign to end after a few days.
We will remind Ontarians why they ousted the Liberals in 2018said campaign manager Michael Balagus, who said their internal polls showed that voters would be reluctant to choose a leader associated with the Wynne government’s legacy: Steven Del Duca.
Party leaders clearly expect to take part in the two-way battle for the vote against Ford, at least in the first half of the electoral campaign, which will launch on May 4. In the past month, polls have shown that Liberals precede NDPbehind Doug Ford’s party.
the NDP said to have formed thousand of volunteers for four years and is expected to spend between 12 and 13 million dollars in campaign spending, a record for the party. So far, 17 Ontario ridings (out of 124) have no announced candidates, but the party promises to complete the list by May 4.
The party elected 40 MPs in the last election, its highest score since Bob Rae became prime minister in 1990. It is better funded and organized than in 2018, Michael Balagus said.
The campaign will be decisive. In 2018, we lost many seats by just a few hundred votes.
The campaign manager believes that NDP can make further successes in Toronto, Sault Ste. Marie, and Nippissing (riding Minister Vic Fedeli), among others.
The new Democrats also have Thunder Bay-Superior North on their sights.
Michael Gravelle, the longtime Liberal MP for this ride in the northwest of the province, has announced that he will never run again because of cancer.
Source: Radio-Canada
