The closing date for the Oct. 6 ballot has passed. According to the Elections Ontario, 656 runners are on the ballots on behalf of 21 registered parties. Back in 2007, there were there were roughly 599 entrants on the ballots and 12 registered parties.
Apparently, Premier Dalton McGuinty won’t be campaigning on Saturdays. While Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak got his morning photo shot at the Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival. New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath carries on her northern Ontario trip and visits North Bay, Temagami, and New Liskeard.
On Friday, Horwath defended her agenda for northern Ontario as her rivals raised fingers at the NDP promise of employment in the area. Moreover, Horwath advertized her party’s Buy Ontario scheme, which skeptics have labelled as protectionist policy that would damage industry.
Horwath also discarded Liberal allegations that she voted against transit investments that would have created jobs in the north, stating the offers were buried in compilations of budget bills.
On the other hand, a taxpayer-funded agency is running election ads supporting the Liberal Green Energy Act.
McGuinty says: "They’re telling us they didn’t use that money for that purpose (advertising) and I accept that. We’ve got all kinds of organizations around the province that are committed to the democratic process and are getting involved in one way or another. I think that’s a healthy thing."
According to Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak, McGuinty administration gave backing to this agency, and then the group found funds to run posh ads.
He said: "This is awfully fishy."
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