The Canadian Parvasi - issue 49

The International News Weekly ontario election 2018
June 08, 2018 | Toronto
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PCs win majority in Ontario election
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By contrast, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath
consistently polled as the most popular of the
three party leaders, so Ford repeatedly slammed
her roster of candidates as radical and inexperienced.
The Liberals warned that the NDP's plan
was not practical, gleefully pointing out mathematical
errors in their platform, including one
that increased their proposed deficit by $1.4 billion
annually. Wynne also frequently slammed
Horwath's opposition to back-to-work legislation,
saying it would lead to indefinite strikes.
The Liberals came to power in 2003 under
Dalton McGuinty, and when he stepped down in
2013, Wynne took the reins. She led the party to a
majority in 2014, despite the party already being
bogged down by scandals at eHealth Ontario, air
ambulance service Ornge and a price tag of up to
$1.1 billion to cancel two gas plants.
But her popularity began to soon dip, and
reached well below 20 per cent in 2016 and 2017, in
large part due to anger over rising hydro prices.
The Liberals eventually cut bills by eight per cent,
then another 17 per cent months later, but by her
own admission, Wynne failed to recognize early
enough the impacts that investments in the energy
system were having on people's wallets.
She also faced criticism over her partial privatization
of Hydro One and her decision to plunge
the province's books back into the red after finally
getting them to balance in 2017-18.
Wynne insisted that the billions it pumped
into health care, child care and a drug and dentalcare
program was necessary spending.
Wynne spent the last few days of the campaign
pleading with voters to at least elect some Liberals
_ party insiders say they are worried they could
win fewer than seven seats, which would mean a
loss of official party status in the legislature.
Ontario NDP to form
opposition to PC majority
HAMILTON : Andrea Horwath and the Ontario NDP
didn’t have the night they wanted. Minutes after polls
closed, CTV News projected the Progressive Conservatives
would form a majority government.
Though, the night wasn’t without gains. The NDP
will form Official Opposition with more seats than they
had before the election.
Supporters relished each
successful candidate,
both incumbent and newcomers
wiping out longtime
MPPs.
For those at the NDP
election night headquarters,
the results were anti-climactic
after a 28-day
campaign. It took less than 28 minutes for PC Leader
Doug Ford to dash their hopes for power.
“It was very disheartening. I truly believe that we
had a good shot at this, I did,” said Patti Encinas, a
single mom and NDP member since the federal leadership
race.
“I’m disgusted at the voters of this province, because
they voted for a buck-a-beer, and they’re going to
throw our education and our healthcare and our children’s
futures down the drain,” she said.
“I know what it’s like to live on minimum wage, I
know what it’s like to be on welfare,” she said, wiping
away tears. “I know how hard it can be.”
This was Horwath’s third election campaign as
NDP leader after taking the helm at the 2009 party convention.
Going into this race the NDP had 18 MPPs.
They’ve now doubled that, with the final count yet to
be settled an hour after polls close.
In all three elections as party leader, Horwath has
grown the Ontario NDP’s seat count. In 2014 the NDP
won 21 seats at Queen’s Park with 23.7 per cent of the
Indian Punjabi
leaders play
Major role in
Ontario election
Brampton South
Win : Prabmeet Singh
Mississauga Centre
Win : Natalia Kusendova
Loss :
Paramjit Gill
Loss :
Sukhwant Thethi
Loss :
Laura Kaminker
Loss :
Bobbie Daid
Brampton East
Win : Gurratan Singh
Brampton Centre
Win : Sara Singh
Mississauga Malton
Win : Deepak Anand
Loss :
Sudeep Verma
Loss :
Parminder Singh
Loss :
Harjit Jaswal
Loss :
Safdar Hussain
Loss :
Nikki Clarke
Loss :
Amrit Mangat
Brampton West
Win : Amarjot Sandhu
Mississauga streetville
Win : Nina Tangri
Brampton north
Win : Kevin Yarde
Loss : Vic
Dhillon
Loss : Jagroop
Singh
Loss :
Abhijeet Manay
Loss :
Jacqueline
Gujarati
Loss :
Harinder K. Malhi
Loss :
Ripudaman Dhillon
Kathleen Wynne resigns Liberal leadership
Ontario : Calling being
premier of Ontario the “greatest
privilege of my life,” Kathleen
Wynne stepped down as
leader of the Ontario Liberal
Party Thursday night following
an election that ended
her party’s 15-year reign and
reduced it to a handful of ridings.
Speaking to a small
but rowdy group of
supporters inside York
Mills Gallery — declaring
“I am not going
to cry” as she became
emotional — Wynne said the
process would now begin to
select an interim leader. “It
is the right thing to
do. There is another
generation and I am
passing the torch,”
she said.
Having secured
her Don Valley West riding,
Wynne said she had called
and congratulated premier
elect, Progressive Conservative
leader Doug Ford, saying
“I wish him well.” Wynne
left the stage on a hopeful
note, proclaiming “we’re still
standing” as the Elton John’s
“I’m still standing” blasted
from speakers.