By Pepper Parr
December 1st, 2023
BURLINGTON, ON
This is not good news on one level.
On another – it is very good news.
Aislinn Clancy won the Kitchener Centre by-election yesterday. It was a seat the Liberal Party needed to win if they expect to convince the people of the province that they can defeat Doug Ford.
Having an additional Green Party member in the provincial Legislature is good news. The Greens have never wavered from the environment as THE issue we face as a society.
Given we have a government that doesn’t really believe there is a climate disaster heading our way have another Green in place is good news.
The challenge is that the current government needs to be replaced or at least that is what a lot of people think.
Not all that many in Kitchener: just 27% of the voters turned out to elect the Green candidate, Aislinn Clancy who won the Kitchener Centre by-election yesterday.
The new MPP gives the green party two official seats in the Ontario Legislature.
Kitchener residents didn’t buy into the Liberal story that they can defeat Doug Ford if elected.
Well they weren’t elected in Kitchener which suggests there may be some serious issues ahead that need to be resolved.
When your PC candidate gets 13.6% of the popular vote you know your party is in serious trouble. Unfortunately, Doug Ford is so thick he could be hit with a sledgehammer and wouldn’t realize it.
Very, very good news and we are sure we are not in the minority of Ontario electorate who see it this way. This new MPP will make a far greater contribution to our quality of life than a Liberal candidate ever could, in our opinion, of course. Its not about how to defeat the PCs in the next election, it’s about dealing with the huge quality of life issues we have in our Province and cities that need to be addressed NOW! This result helps.