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Ontario braces for assembly polls amid tariff war
There are already more than 30 candidates of Indian origin in the fray across party lines.
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As Canada and its provinces have intensified their campaign to convince the US Administration and President Donald Trump to review their decisions on tariffs levied on imports from their country, Ontario, the most populated province, is getting ready to elect its new government before the month's turn.
All political players, including the ruling Conservatives; the main opposition party, the New Democrats; the third-largest political group, the Liberals; the Greens, and the new Blue Party, have taken to social media channels to step up their campaigns in their endeavour to gain political ascendancy in the country's biggest province.
Putting up a united front against Donald Trump’s tariff war, Canadians feel cornered as their dependence on the neighbouring superpower is immense. Premier Doug Ford has been at the forefront of the “dump the Trump” campaign by leading a delegation of all 13 Canadian premiers to Washington to seek a settlement that should help both the neighbours to peaceful and mutually beneficial coexistence.
Will Doug Ford’s initiative win votes and ensure his party's return to a bigger mandate than it had in the outgoing House?
New Democrats had been gunning for Doug Ford and his Conservatives. Liberals under Bonnie Crombie, too, are desperate to stage a comeback.
How the Feb. 27 provincial election went with the strong South Asian community has been a subject of animated discussion. The community is well represented in the Ontario Provincial Assembly. Besides the sitting legislators, a horde of new faces belonging to the South Asian community are in the run for berths in the next Queens Park house of governance.
With a day to go for filing of nominations, there are already more than 30 candidates of Indian origin in the fray. They include 10 sitting MPPs. Prabhmeet Sarkaria, Amarjot Sandhu, Nina Tangri, Deepak Anand and Hardeep Grewal represent the ruling Conservatives seeking re-election under Doug Ford.
Liberals are fielding 10 candidates of Indian origin, while NDP has six candidates of Indian origin on its list.
Premier Doug Ford will again test the waters from Etobicoke North, while the leader of NDP, Mart Stiles, will be contesting from Davenport. Bonnie Crombie will lead Liberals in the Feb. 27 contest as she has entered the fray from Mississauga East. Bonnie had been a Mayor of Mississauga.
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