This was the first day of the 2018 Ontario general election campaign and Premier Wynne made a visit to Etobicoke Lakeshore, Ford Nation country. She hopes it will be more than symbolic. The above useful summary from City News also has Doug Ford saying he will go back to “the original plan” for the Scarborough subway. What does this mean? Josh Matlow (Ward 22) and other downtowners have long sought a return to the plan for a multi-stop LRT. Ford also said a PC government will assume all costs and planning for Toronto subways while leaving the TTC to run the system.
VOTING
It is also revealed Wednesday that vote counting in the June 7 election will be done by electronic tabulating machines. Don’t panic. There will still be paper ballots if the system collapses. The linked CBC story is here and reveals among the comments a stream of thought that electronic voting is unreliable, or subject to manipulation. Elections Ontario
