It’s all about doing things publicly, according NDP leader Andrea Horwarth. Of course, Ms. Horwath was not at all open about what passed between herself and the Premier today (Wednesday, May 15, 2013). The tone of her remarks after a mid-day meeting sounded a little bit like she had just disciplined a naughty school girl who also happened to be Premier of Ontario. Reporters responded in disbelief as Ms. Horwath denied outright that she gave the Premier an ultimatum for NDP support of the Liberal budget. But nothing in Ms. Horwath’s school-marm act could hide the obvious. She has taken the Premier to the wall with demands that will be very hard for the Premier to accept — except and unless Ms. Wynne will do anything to avoid a general election. After the meeting, Liberal sources said that contrary to Ms. Horwath’s claim the ball is in the Premier’s court, it is really in the court of the NDP. In fact, the game is poker, not tennis. Let’s see who calls who’s bluff.
