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BY CHRISTINE VAN GEYN

With the departure of Patrick Brown from the Progressive Conservative Party, there is an opportunity for the old platform (aka ‘The People’s Guarantee’) to disappear with the old leader.

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All three PC leadership candidates have indicated that they are willing to move away from the People’s Guarantee. Caroline Mulroney has said the platform is a “starting point,” while Christine Elliott qualified her support for the platform, saying she intends to run on it “for the most part.” Doug Ford has said he would change around 10% of the platform.

The candidates are not obligated to run on the platform, and indeed, if they’re going to be honest with voters, they really should scrap it.

The People’s Guarantee contains a $4-billion spending hole, will continue the Wynne Liberal tradition of deficits, and prolong the electricity crisis gripping the province.

The first thing that needs to go is the commitment to a federally imposed carbon tax.