Provincial byelections today in Niagara Falls and Thornhill
Posted Feb 13, 2014 08:43:44 AM.
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The New Democrats have nothing to lose and everything to gain in two Ontario byelections today because they didn’t hold either Niagara Falls or Thornhill.
The NDP are in a close race with the Progressive Conservatives in Niagara Falls, even though the riding had been Liberal for the past decade.
The two opposition parties have virtually ignored the Liberals as they attack each other’s candidates in Niagara Falls.
The other byelection in the north Toronto riding of Thornhill is a two-way contest between the governing Liberals and the Conservatives, who had held the riding.
Premier Kathleen Wynne says people know they can vote against the Liberals in the byelections without changing the status of the minority government.
Wynne also says the outcomes won’t change her plans to introduce a budget, and rejects suggestions she’d want to call a spring election if the Liberals manage to take both ridings.
