Will Doug Ford’s cottage riding go Green? Is Steven Del Duca heading for defeat? Read the Star’s election coverage
Election day in Ontario is fast approaching, with just two days to go before voters head to the polls.
The Star has an inside look at Steven Del Duca on the campaign trail, polling on if the Liberal leader can even win in his riding, and a former Progressive Conservative stronghold that looks like it could get painted Green.
It's a campaign with little movement. As the election comes to a close, polls are staying steady, and each of the four major parties is showing the same probable vote share they have the entire campaign. The party leaders seem to be poised to win their seats - except for the Liberals' Steven Del Duca, who looks likely to lose in his riding of Vaughan-Woodbridge to his PC challenger Michael Tibollo, according to The Signal, the Star's poll tracker.
Doug Ford campaigns in storm-damaged Ottawa amid questions about what took him so long to get there
Storm-battered Ottawa received a rare guest on the weekend as PC leader Doug Ford made a first campaign stop to the city. Ford arrived in Ottawa more than a week after a storm hit Ontario and wreaked havoc on the province's eastern edge. Around 8,000 Ottawa residents were still without power as of Monday, more than a week since the storm hit. With Ford stepping foot in the city for the very first time, questions are swirling: why the delay in making his way to the nation's capital?
In the latest instalment of columnist Martin Regg Cohn's one-on-one interviews with the party leaders, the Star follows the Del Duca for a day on the campaign trail to find out how he hopes to set himself apart from his competition. After the party suffered a massive defeat in 2018, can the Liberals rebrand and bounce back? And can Del Duca win his seat in Vaughan-Woodbridge?
Martin Regg Cohn has prepared a voter's guide for the election. In this election, he says, it's best to consider the party leader over the platform. All of the leaders have stretched the truth to some degree - so maybe the question of who to vote for falls to who Ontarians trust to guide them over the next four years, Cohn writes.
Could Doug Ford's cottage riding go Green? Pollsters say the stars are aligning'
The scales seem to be tipping toward the environment in cottage country. In Parry Sound-Muskoka, Green candidate Matt Richter is battling to flip a PC stronghold. It isn't Richter's first time at politics. Since 2007, he's been making inroads in the riding, capturing 20 per cent of the vote in 2018 and finishing a close third. This time, he's hoping he can finally join party leader Mike Schreiner in the legislature.
What Ontario's political parties are promising for Toronto
The Star's city hall bureau chief David Rider has put together a guide outlining what the parties are promising Torontonians. With 25 seats, Toronto is just too important to ignore by any of the parties.
Jenna Moon is a general assignment reporter for the Star and is based in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @_jennamoon