PCs divided, Conservative Crisis Campaign continues

MARKHAM – Ontario’s Conservative Party hasn’t figured out which candidate will replace Patrick Brown after a disastrous leadership contest – and the NDP’s Marit Stiles says the only thing that’s clear now is that the PC Party is not fit to govern Ontario.

“The Ford circus has rolled into Ontario politics, and is fighting it out with Wynne patronage-appointee Christine Elliott for control over a party plagued by controversies, and a police investigation into alleged ballot box stuffing and fraud,” said Stiles, who is the NDP’s candidate for Davenport.

“Kathleen Wynne is on her way out, and people have a clear choice now: do they want the leader of that train wreck to be our premier, or Andrea Horwath?”

Saturday’s PC Party leadership convention failed to produce a leader after an hours-long delay. The leadership contest was plagued by voting problems that led to multiple extended deadlines.

“People deserve so much better,” said Stiles. “They deserve better services, a more affordable life, and health care they can count on. We can have a premier in Andrea Horwath that shares the priorities of middle class folks. We can have a premier in Andrea Horwath that unites Ontarians, instead of dividing them.

“I don’t think it matters now who the PCs pick. People are ready for the kind of change Andrea can bring – a change that promises to get good things done for Ontarians.”