PHOTO GALLERY: Ontario Liberal leadership convention
By Mitchel Raphael - Saturday, January 26, 2013 - 0 Comments
The big Wynne! Kathleen Wynne wins the Ontario Liberal leadership race in Toronto. Teachers…
The big Wynne! Kathleen Wynne wins the Ontario Liberal leadership race in Toronto. Teachers and others protest outside (including an eagle).
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- Federal Liberal leadership candidate Joyce Murray.
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- Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson.
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- George Smitherman (right).
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- Former Liberal MP Rob Oliphant (right).
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- Former Liberal MP Joe Volpe.
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- Former Liberal MP Bonnie Crombie and son.
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- Arlene Perly Rae and Bob Rae.
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- Liberal MP David McGuinty.
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- Former MP Herb Gray.
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- Michael Bryant.
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- Former Ontario Liberal premier David Peterson (centre).
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- Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett.
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- Liberal Senator David Smith.
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- Kathleen Wynne.
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- George Smitherman.
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- Federal Liberal leader Bob Rae and Kathleen Wynne.
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- Leadership candidate Eric Hoskins (right).
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- Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan (left).
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- Liberal MP David McGuinty.
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- Former MP Mark Holland.
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- Gerard Kennedy.
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Wynne throws curve ball in otherwise tame Ontario Liberal leadership debate
By The Canadian Press - Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 3:28 PM - 0 Comments
INGERSOLL, Ont. – Kathleen Wynne says she would serve as agriculture minister for one…
INGERSOLL, Ont. – Kathleen Wynne says she would serve as agriculture minister for one year if she wins the Liberal leadership in January and becomes Ontario’s next premier.
Wynne made the comment in Ingersoll, during the first of five all-candidates debates for the seven men and women running to replace Dalton McGuinty.
The candidates faced vague questions selected and posed by Liberal insiders and focusing mainly on rural issues and health care, with few differences emerging.
Wynne’s pledge to appoint herself as minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs was the biggest surprise of a very tame event.
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Seven Ontario Liberal leadership hopefuls hold first debate today
By The Canadian Press - Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 6:49 AM - 0 Comments
TORONTO – The Ontario Liberal leadership race kicks into gear Saturday with the first…
TORONTO – The Ontario Liberal leadership race kicks into gear Saturday with the first debate between the seven men and women running to become the next premier.
The candidates will square off in Ingersoll in southwestern Ontario this afternoon in the first of five scheduled debates before the leadership convention in Toronto Jan. 25-26.
It’ll be the first chance for most people to hear what the would-be premiers have to say and for the candidates to highlight the differences from their competitors, all of whom served in Dalton McGuinty’s cabinet at one time or another.
Kathleen Wynne, one of the perceived front-runners, says the candidates will have to attempt to stake out their own ground without treading too heavily on each other or the government’s record.
She says party members don’t want to see the candidates “ripping each other apart.”
