By Pepper Parr
January 23rd, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
Can you keep up with all the politicking going on.
The political junkie may soon meed a tip sheet on what is happening – it is going to be an exciting three months.
We need the kind of Tip Sheet the horse racing crowd has; the DAily Racing Form has been around for 114 years.
On the federal side, we start with today – at 5:00 pm this afternoon we will know who the candidates are for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.
On January 27th, anyone who wants to register as a Liberal and take part in that selection, has to have registered before the end of the day.
The candidates will have until March 9th to reach out to the registered Liberals seeking their support.
The ballots will be ranked – meaning that a voter will rank their choice; their first, second, third, and so on.
Doug Ford wearing the first of his election signs.
To tilt this apple cart the provincial Progressive Conservatives look as if they are going to seek a write sometime next week and have a provincial election sometime in February.
The practice in Ontario if doe a Premnier to meet with the Lieutenant Governor and ask that the writ for an election be issued.
Once the Writs of Election are issued, the election period begins and lasts 28 days. Elections Ontario administers all aspects of voting in provincial elections. It is a non-partisan agency of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario overseen by the Chief Electoral Officer.
Assuming the Prmeir visits the Lieutenant Governor next Wednesday, the 29th an election would take place on February 26th.
Merge the numbers as they relate to the possible federal election and the all-but-imminent provincial election
Liberals announce who the candidates for their leadership race is going to be January 23rd.
January 27th: Last date for people across the country to register as Liberals
Wednesday, January 29th expected date for the Premier to meet with the Lieutenant Governor and ask for an election writ
February 27th, possible provincial election
March 9th Liberals will know who their Prime Minister will be.
The demands on the members of both political parties in Ontario will be immense. The Progressive Conservatives are holding workshops to teach canvassers how to get an election sign into ground that is frozen.
The election Doug Ford wants to hold isn’t required. He is telling people that he needs a fresh mandate to fight the Trump tariffs that are being threatened.
Fighting the American president is a federal responsibility – WITH the support of all the provinces.
Ford is taking on the role of Captain Canada – his responsibility is to be fully on board with the federal government.
Marit Stiles: NDP Leader of the Opposition standing in a field that was part of the Greenbelt scandal.
However, when the real reason for the election sinks in – the public just might see it all differently. Ford wants an election called before the RCMP issues its report on the Greenbelt scandals.
I totally agree with Gayle. Ford is afraid that Canadians will experience how Poilievre governs after the next Federal election and many will shy away from voting Conservative before the scheduled Provincial election in 2026.
Well,you trashed the Liberals & Conservatives so we’ll all go out & elect the NDP to run the province & GREENS to run the country.
Edited.
Totally irresponsible to go for a provincial election at this time, when the PC Government clearly has a mandate via a majority government and 18 months until the set election date. It is opportunism at its worst… Makes you think if Ford is so scared of a Pierre Pollieve election then we should be too. And of course he wants to get ahead of the findings of the RCMP investigation of the Green Belt dealings. If Ford goes ahead with this election call, we must vote against him to tell him that we take the democratic process of set election dates seriously over his personal ambition.