2 h. ago Bonnie Crombie to resign as Ontario Liberal leader after weak show of support

Crombie initially said she planned to stay on as leader, adding that a leadership race right now would do more harm than good for the party.

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3 h. ago Bonnie Crombie announces resignation as Ontario Liberal leader

Bonnie Crombie has announced she is stepping down as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party after narrowly surviving a leadership review vote with 57 per cent support from the party delegates.Crombie, who was elected Ontario Liberal leader in Dec. 2023 after formerly serving as Mississauga Mayor, issued a statement on social media announcing her resignation on Sunday, stating that she intends to step down once a successor is chosen.Crombie's complete statement can be read below."This weekend, we had the largest AGM in the history of our party. I could feel the energy everywhere. In our delegates, in the ideas from our members, and in the passion of Liberals from every corner of Ontario.""I looked out at our audience today and thought about all the conversations I've had over the last few days. Passionate conversations. Hopeful conversations. Conversations with Ontario Liberals who see that the future of this province is bright and who are ready to make sure it ha...

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8 h. ago As House returns, Tory leader vows to hold Liberals to account

"He promised 'elbows up,' but where do the elbows go from there?" Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre told his caucus Sunday

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52 h. ago Robocalls and flyers urge Ontario Liberals to stick with Bonnie Crombie

Liberals will vote on whether to trigger a new leadership race and sack Crombie as leader or allow her to stay on to contest another election against Doug Ford.

Transport

57 h. ago Bonnie Crombie to face Liberal leadership test as party members gather for AGM

TORONTO — Ontario Liberals are set to hold a leadership vote this weekend, amid grumbling from some members about whether Leader Bonnie Crombie is the right person to take them back into government. The party is gathering in Toronto for its annual general meeting, its first since the mixed-bag February election that saw them regain […]

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63 h. ago ‘Buck stops with me’: Bonnie Crombie prepares for vote on her future as Liberal leader

Crombie is preparing for the Liberal annual general meeting this weekend in Toronto, where hundreds of delegates will vote on whether to hold a new leadership election.

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6 d. ago Ontario Liberals let Ford ‘define himself’ in campaign marked by ‘challenges’: debrief

The campaign debrief published Monday also found issues with how Bonnie Crombie was prepared to speak and the party's strong focus on family doctors.

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1 week ago Poilievre calls on Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program and to stop issuing visas under the program. Poilievre argues a jobs crisis among young people has been caused in part by corporations hiring foreigners who work for less than Canadian citizens. He is calling out specific […]

Society

2 w. ago Social media age limit? New bill wants Nova Scotia to lead the way for Canada

The party announced Wednesday that Liberal House leader Iain Rankin will table the Social Media Responsibility Act this fall, which would ban kids under 16 from using social media.

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3 w. ago MacDougall: Probational Poilievre is caught between a rock and a hard place

Finally re-elected, the Tory leader should prioritize holding the underperforming Liberal government to account over pandering to his base.

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3 w. ago Ford promised a northern town new LTC beds. They’re moving forward 7 years later

Sioux Lookout, located roughly four hours north of Thunder Bay, was promised new long-term care beds by Ford and then-Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne during the 2018 election.

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3 w. ago Terry Newman: Poilievre’s win means Carney’s cakewalk is over

The Tory leader's record of tearing apart Liberal policies will ensure in September, Parliament will be a trial by fire for the prime minister

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