Yasir Naqvi is politically experienced and an immigrant in a province that is becoming increasingly diverse. He’s also likeable.
Unlike his opponents, Naqvi has significant provincial political experience. He served for 11 years in Ontario Liberal governments, holding four cabinet positions, including attorney general. Having been in the cabinet of former premier Kathleen Wynne is a mixed blessing. The PCs certainly used that experience against Del Duca, calling him Wynne’s “right-hand man,” although he was hardly that.
When Naqvi has been asked the inevitable question about his former government’s failures, he cites the sale of most of Hydro One as its big mistake. It was a big mistake, but there are so many more better examples. The Liberals’ convoluted cap-and-trade plan, their excessive wind and solar subsidies, the $1 billion gas-plant scandal, and the years of freezing hospital budgets stand out.
Naqvi is the best candidate now in the race, but what about Bonnie Crombie, the popular Mississauga mayor? She’s almost certain to run and would constitute a break from the Liberals’ past. Crombie is supposedly only exploring the possibility of running, but it’s not too early to start making mistakes. In a media interview, she said she would govern from the centre-right when it came to spending and argued that the Wynne government had spent too much on health care and child care.
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