Ontario Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne made her case for re-election Friday in Hamilton before an audience at the Ontario Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting.
She was the first of three speakers including NDP leader and Hamilton Centre MPP Andrea Horwath as well as Vic Fedeli, the PC party MPP from Nipissing who is the current leader of the opposition in Ontario parliament. PC leader Doug Ford was absent. He spent the morning campaigning in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.
Wynne showed the audience at the Sheraton Hamilton Hotel a picture of her in Hamilton saying she was "standing in a part of Stelco where there were at one time 500 workers — the same work is being done now but there are 50."
Wynne spoke about her government's record in education and building infrastructure as well as her efforts to convince politicians in the United States on the benefits of free trade. She also spoke about her government's decision to raise the minimum wage.
"I know there are concerns," she said. "But I also know that in a province that is as wealthy as Ontario if someone is working forty hours a week they should be able to look after themselves and shouldn't have to go to the food bank."
Recent polling data says Wynne's chances of re-election are slim right now. Poll data conducted in early April by Innovative Research Group shows Doug Ford and the Ontario PC party with 37 per cent support, followed by the Liberals at 26 per cent, the NDP at 18 and the Green party at six per cent. Ten per cent of voters said they were undecided.
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