MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Steven Del Duca, who will likely be crowned the new Ontario Liberal leader in mere hours, says he wants to fight for public education, health care and against climate change.
About 3,000 Liberals are gathering this weekend to select a leader to replace former premier Kathleen Wynne.
Del Duca, a cabinet minister in the previous Liberal government, heads into the convention with likely enough delegates to win on the first ballot later today.
In a speech before the results are revealed, Del Duca says there will be a hard fight ahead for the party, which has to raise millions of dollars, find a diverse slate of 124 candidates for the 2022 election and develop a platform that allows Ontarians to trust them.
The party was reduced in the 2018 election from a majority government to one in third place without official party status in the legislature.
Del Duca says he wants to make sure Premier Doug Ford’s first term is also his last.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 7, 2020.
The Canadian Press