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Ontario Premier Says She Can’t Win Election

Joyce Grant — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 01:05:29 +0000

The current premier of Ontario says there will be a new premier after the election on June 7 and it most certainly won't be her.
That was a very surprising announcement.
Premier Kathleen Wynne leads the Ontario Liberal Party. She is one of three main candidates vying for the spot of premier in the upcoming election. The other two main candidates are Doug Ford Jr., who leads the Progressive Conservative (PC) party of Ontario and Andrea Horwath, who leads the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP).

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Canada Welcomes Syrian Refugees To Their New Home

Joyce Grant — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 06:13:52 +0000

Something thoroughly Canadian is happening--the country is welcoming the first of 25,000 Syrian refugees. And the Prime Minister was at the airport to welcome them to their new home.

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Big “Wynne Win” Surprises Pollsters

Joyce Grant — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 12:27:42 +0000

It came as a big surprise: Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals were elected on Thursday night with a majority government.

The people who predict how elections will turn out didn’t see that coming.

Until the last days before the election, the odds were that either the Liberals would win a minority government or the PC party, led by Tim Hudak, would win.

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How Ontario’s Leaders Would Handle Education

Nancy Miller — Wed, 21 May 2014 03:06:25 +0000

On June 12, Ontario is having an election. Each of the main political parties has a different idea about how they would spend money on education in Ontario.

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Kathleen Wynne Ontario’s Next Premier

Joyce Grant — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:00:56 +0000

Ontario’s next premier is Kathleen Wynne.

She won the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party.

Since the Liberals are in power in the province, she will automatically become the premier as well.

Wynne’s closest competitor for the job was Sandra Pupatello.

The Liberals held a "leadership convention" to choose a new leader after Dalton McGuinty stepped down as leader and Ontario premier last October.

The convention was held on the weekend; Wynne was voted in on Saturday.

Liberal party members voted in Toronto, in three votes or "ballots." Wynne won in the third ballot with 1,150 votes over Pupatello, who had 866 votes.

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