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With 79 days left until the June 7 Ontario election, a word of caution to Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford and the Tories.

Do not underestimate Premier Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals.

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While the polls point to a PC majority government, polls are mere snapshots of what’s already happened, not what will happen.

The Tories led in the polls heading in to the 2007, 2011 and 2014 Ontario elections. The Liberals won all three.

Wynne is smart and an effective campaigner.

The Liberals’ big red political machine is formidable after 15 years in power.

It has allies in the corporate sector ranging from the auto insurance industry to so-called “green energy” companies that rely on favourable provincial legislation and/or subsidies to boost their profits.

Of Ontario’s six million workers, 1.1 million — 18% — are in the public sector, paid directly or indirectly by Queen’s Park.

Wynne’s promises to hike Ontario’s already massive debt by up to $8 billion more in increased spending next year is a direct appeal to them for support because more government spending means a bigger, more expensive public sector.