Kathleen Wynne

Tom Parkin: Wynne is allowing smart ideas to be condemned as profligate spending. Ford counters with next to nothing. What’s a voter to do?

Jen Gerson: When you are seen to run a financially undisciplined nanny state, a pre-election spending spree is a bad idea

Critics say it leaves parents with children younger than two-and-a-half with little relief

Since Stephen Harper prorogued Parliament to save his government in 2008, the rarely-used power has drawn criticism as a political tactic

Tom Parkin: Voters are once again being told to settle between unfavourable options (Ford or Wynne). Andrea Horwath offers a way out of this trap.

Doug Ford’s big win might change the subject in Ontario politics. But will it change many voters’ dim view of their premier?

Jen Gerson: The new Ontario PC leader was the extreme choice, and his message will resonate with voters eager to tear down Liberal elitism

Paul Wells: The night ends with a Doug Ford win—ha-ha, nervous laugh. If there’s a lesson it’s that Ontario conservatism is a complex coalition.

Her famous name and family ties have helped her organize and raise money. But in this too short PC leadership race her inexperience may be her undoing.

Opinion: Being subject to criticism, including questions about one’s conduct, comes with politics, and lawsuits risk pre-empting probing inquiry