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A proverb says, “Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.” In spite of that bit of wisdom hanging around since the mid-1500s, the message doesn’t seem to be resonating with Ontario voters.

Obviously the devil we know is Premier Kathleen Wynne and the one we don’t know is Doug Ford, the Progressive Conservative leader.

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Polls continue to show Ford with a commanding lead over Wynne in the June 7 election. Even NDP Leader Andrea Horwath polls better than Wynne.

Out-of-control spending is a big part of Wynne’s problem. An Ipsos poll conducted for Global News shows 71 per cent of respondents prefer spending cuts to balance the budget rather than continuing to run deficits.

A full 52 per cent of Liberals responding to the survey were in favour of a higher level of fiscal responsibility at Queen’s Park. A total of 89 per cent of PC respondents supported spending cuts as did 59 per cent of NDPers.