Ontario Election Campaign Begins: Ford Focuses on Blue-Collar Jobs, Liberals Target Ford's Base

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Ontario Election Campaign Begins: Ford Focuses on Blue-Collar Jobs, Liberals Target Ford's Base
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The Ontario election campaign has officially begun with party leaders campaigning in new territories. Ford is emphasizing blue-collar job protection in areas traditionally held by the NDP, while the Liberals are targeting ridings won by Ford in the last election. The campaign marks a significant moment as Ontario prepares to head to the polls.

got underway, party leaders struck out into fresh territory looking to woo voters in areas they didn’t win in 2022 and flip ridings before election day.started the campaign deep in the traditionally NDP -held territory of western Ontario, campaigning in Windsor at the U.S. border on the first day of the election, before moving to London.

Before that, on the first day of the campaign, Stiles was in York-South-Weston, a Toronto seat last held by the PC leader’s nephew, Michael Ford.NDP will support ‘whatever works’ to blunt tariff effect, says SinghBonnie Crombie Liberal Leader Crombie, the only party leader without a seat in the last legislature, was in Mississauga launching her campaign. She’s hoping to win a riding that was previously held by a cabinet minister who resigned during the

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