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Ontario Progressive Conservatives to form majority government: projection
Global News ^ | June 2, 2022 | Ryan Rocca

Posted on 06/02/2022 6:39:59 PM PDT by Kriggerel

Global News is projecting that the Ontario Progressive Conservatives will form a majority government.

The party is expected to win at least 63 seats.

Most polling stations closed at 9 p.m. ET throughout the province, though voting at a total of 27 stations in various ridings had extended closing times.

(Excerpt) Read more at globalnews.ca ...


TOPICS: Canada; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: conservative; dougford; majority; ontario
So, we get Drug Ford back in power for several more years. Only thing I can say about him is that he's marginally better than the alternatives...
1 posted on 06/02/2022 6:39:59 PM PDT by Kriggerel
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To: Kriggerel

What is a Progressive Conservative?


2 posted on 06/02/2022 6:42:25 PM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: HandBasketHell

Oxymoron. Progressive has positive connotation but reality?


3 posted on 06/02/2022 6:43:37 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: HandBasketHell

“...What is a Progressive Conservative?”

I think the name was originally a gimmick to try and lure more of the squishy left-of-centre voters, back in the day. The federal conservative party dropped the “progressive” qualifier a few years before Stephen Harper was Prime Minister.


4 posted on 06/02/2022 6:45:24 PM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: Kriggerel

Inertia has kept the old PC brand in the provincial parties.


5 posted on 06/02/2022 6:51:07 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Kriggerel

Ontarians choose continued tyranny.


6 posted on 06/02/2022 7:35:08 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: HandBasketHell

A contradiction in terms.

One is either conservative or progressive.
There are progressive Republicans in this country, but they are not conservatives.


7 posted on 06/02/2022 7:59:04 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: lightman

Ontarians choose continued tyranny.
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Not exactly... but they did at least choose more of the same. I suspect that most people have a long enough memory that there is no way that anyone was going to vote for a party headed by a cabinet minister from the Wynn government. It was bad enough to watch Ford blunder his way through the era of WuFlu.... but the thought of going through that again at some time in the future with one of the other leaders (especially the Liberals) at the helm would be unthinkable.

Two discouraging things... neither of the parties to the right of the Conservatives got any traction at all... too bad because there was some very good candidates there. The second discouraging thing is just how low the voter turnout was.... 38%. Voter apathy never does any party or jurisdiction any good.


8 posted on 06/02/2022 8:29:51 PM PDT by hecticskeptic
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