
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford kicked off his re-election campaign on Saturday night, a move he makes more than two years ahead of the next provincial election and on the same day union activists vowed to fight his government ahead of that vote.
Ford made the declaration during an 18-minute keynote address at the Ontario Progressive Conservative policy convention in Niagara Falls, Ont., a gathering intended to jump-start platform development for the 2022 election.
“Good jobs, safe streets, and a government that works for the taxpayer, not the other way around,” he said. “My friends, the 2022 campaign starts today, starts now.”
Ford used his remarks to rally his supporters and highlight his government’s accomplishments, saying he believes his party will be competitive everywhere, even NDP-held ridings with strong union bases across the province.
“I’m telling you,” he said. “(People are) looking for any excuse, any reason to vote PC in the next election.”
But Ford’s speech inside the convention centre struck a dramatic contrast to the scene outside the event hours earlier.
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