Premier Wynne has said she does not expect to be re-elected. “After Thursday, I will no longer be Ontario’s Premier,” she said. The tough political leader, who has held power since 2013, struggled successfully to control her emotions, saying she is “okay” with losing power. She cast her concern for Ontario as a fear that PC leader Doug Ford might have “too much power.” People do not trust his judgement, she said. She did not mention Andrea Horwath by name. Her remarks heat up into a bitter attack on Ford and a portrayal of both the PCs and the NDP as extremist. “If your concern is that you’d be electing me or electing a Liberal government, that’s not going to happen,” she said. “And so we need Liberals at Queen’s Park to stop a majority for either of the other governments.” NDP Leader Andrea Horwath accused Wynne of “playing a dangerous game” that could elect the PC Party. “Her request today for a minority government is a demand that she be allowed to continue to hold the power at Queen’s Park — something voters have already rejected,” Horwath said in a statement. The NDP supported a minority Wynne government for a year in 2013 and kept it in power at the height of the gas plant scandal. It’s late, but the campaign is clearly not over.
