An election campaign may not officially be underway but provincial parties were out making promises on Tuesday. Home affordability, transparency, and long-term care are the key talking points.
CHCH News learned that premier Ford had to undergo an emergency dental procedure, so Ontario’s Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton had to step in during a pre-election campaign stop in London.
McNaughton said, “we’re planning to move WSIB’s head office to London” adding that the PC party’s plan will gradually move thousands of jobs to London and “give workers here [London] access to good jobs close to home so families won’t have to abandon their hometowns to serve our province.”
Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca said if elected as premier he’d ‘revolutionize’ the long-term care system. “Ontario Liberals will end for-profit long-term care with a target date of 2028 for a total over four years of just under four and a half billion dollars specifically to deliver on our home care guarantee for seniors,” Del Duca said.
Del Duca said he’d replace ‘warehouse-style’ long-term care homes with more residential spaces that resemble a typical family home.
At Queen’s Park, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath pitched the idea that the NDP party is the only option to get Ford out of office. “The liberals have like 8 MPPs, we’re the official opposition. We have 40 this time. Your best shot to defeat Doug Ford is to vote NDP,” Horwath said.
In his home riding of Guelph, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner detailed how he would solve Ontario’s affordable housing crisis. Schreiner said the Green Party is committed to building 60,000 permanent supportive housing spaces adding, “on top of that, an additional 100,000 deeply affordable homes.”
CHCH News will air special election night coverage on June 2, 2022.
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