Ontario election: Where the leaders are on May 8
It’s the second official day of the Ontario election campaign. Here’s where the party leaders are travelling.
Progressive Conservatives
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Tim Hudak begins in the northern Greater Toronto Area, visiting a residential construction site at 9:15 a.m. with local candidate Peter Meffe in Vaughan (Riding: Vaughan). Then he heads southwest to Conestoga College in the afternoon then on to a big evening town hall “to provide more specific details about the PC Million Jobs Plan,” the centrepiece of their campaign (Riding: Kitchener-Conestoga). He is joined by Tory candidates Michael Harris (Kitchener-Conestoga), Rob Leone (Cambridge), Wayne Wettlaufer (Kitchener Centre), and Tracey Weiler (Kitchener – Waterloo).
New Democrats
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Andrea Horwath starts the day with two events in Niagara Falls: a tour at 10:00 a.m. of the Spencer ARL Plant and a photo-op at the Flying Saucer restaurant at 11:20 a.m. (Riding: Niagara Falls).
Horwath bought a pie at The Flying Saucer and carried it to the bus. #onpoli #voteon pic.twitter.com/TTfQvoZDnN
— Kaleigh Rogers (@KaleighRogers) May 8, 2014
Then in the afternoon she heads to London for a 2:00 p.m. visit to the Inner Geek web development firm and a 3:00 p.m. stop at the Covent Garden Market (Riding: London North Centre) with local candidates Judy Bryant (London North Centre), Peggy Sattler (London West) and Teresa Armstrong (London-Fanshawe). Update: Ms. Horwath heads to the Brews and Cues pub in Windsor (Riding: Windsor West), to appear with candidates Lisa Gretzky (Windsor West), Percy Hatfield (Windsor-Tecumseh) and Taras Natyshak (Essex).
Liberals
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Kathleen Wynne begins the morning in Ottawa with a Canada2020 speech at the Convention Centre (Riding: Ottawa Centre). Then at noon, as she has most days, she hits the trail to run with local Liberals in Ottawa. Then she drives south to Kingston, where she’ll be on CKWS TV at 5:30 p.m. and at a campaign office opening at 6 p.m. with Sophie Kiwala (Riding: Kingston and the Islands).