This information has to get out so that Ontario voters get a better picture of what the PCs wish to accomplish. Otherwise, it's just speculation.
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Doug Ford's Ontario Conservative platform to emerge piece by piece in slow reveal: source
Instead of a single, lengthy policy document, Ford will parse out promises individually in lead-up to June 7 election, says campaign official
Tom Blackwell - National Post
As pressure builds on Doug Ford to detail his policy plans, the Ontario Progressive Conservative leader is instead opting for a slow reveal of his election platform.
The Tories have decided against unveiling a single, all-encompassing policy blueprint to replace the one put out by former leader Patrick Brown, according to a senior Ford adviser.
Instead, the party will release individual planks throughout the campaign for the June 7 election, culminating with an overview announcement of its policies, said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
As first reported by the National Post, and as since confirmed by Ford, the Conservatives have ditched the lengthy, magazine-style manifesto Brown issued in November, and will instead put out a platform consisting of five key points.
“If you have 1,000 priorities, you have none,” said the source. “You have to focus. Our focus will be on the big picture and how to get the province back on track … We need to return Ontario to its rightful place as an economic leader in this country.”
Asked if the platform’s planks would start to be divulged this week, the campaign source said only that it would be “soon.”
Ford has come under increasing pressure to explain what he would do as premier, especially now that the governing Liberals have tabled a provincial budget that outlines a slew of new spending programs — and projected deficits for the next six years.
Doug Ford’s Ontario Conservative platform to emerge piece by piece in slow reveal: source | National Post
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Doug Ford's Ontario Conservative platform to emerge piece by piece in slow reveal: source
Instead of a single, lengthy policy document, Ford will parse out promises individually in lead-up to June 7 election, says campaign official
Tom Blackwell - National Post
As pressure builds on Doug Ford to detail his policy plans, the Ontario Progressive Conservative leader is instead opting for a slow reveal of his election platform.
The Tories have decided against unveiling a single, all-encompassing policy blueprint to replace the one put out by former leader Patrick Brown, according to a senior Ford adviser.
Instead, the party will release individual planks throughout the campaign for the June 7 election, culminating with an overview announcement of its policies, said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
As first reported by the National Post, and as since confirmed by Ford, the Conservatives have ditched the lengthy, magazine-style manifesto Brown issued in November, and will instead put out a platform consisting of five key points.
“If you have 1,000 priorities, you have none,” said the source. “You have to focus. Our focus will be on the big picture and how to get the province back on track … We need to return Ontario to its rightful place as an economic leader in this country.”
Asked if the platform’s planks would start to be divulged this week, the campaign source said only that it would be “soon.”
Ford has come under increasing pressure to explain what he would do as premier, especially now that the governing Liberals have tabled a provincial budget that outlines a slew of new spending programs — and projected deficits for the next six years.
Doug Ford’s Ontario Conservative platform to emerge piece by piece in slow reveal: source | National Post
