On The Ledge Doug Ford's snap election call is a master class in retail politics
Jan 24, 2025
37:22
In this edition of On the Ledge - your Ontario Politics Podcast.
Premier Doug Ford used the occassion of a public transit announcement in Brampton to let us know he will indeed be paying a visit to the Lt. Governor to dissolve the legislature and send the province to the polls on Thursday, February 27th.
Ford insists he needs the mandate in order to spend tens of billions of dollars to fight the Donald Trump tariff threats.
Dave Trafford, Kathleen Wynne, Keith Leslie and Tim Hudak debate that strategy, question the Opposition posture and discuss the timing of the election call against the backdrop of the federal leadership vacuum in Ottawa.
LEAVE US A VOICE MESSAGE ABOUT THE SHOW!
Use this LINK and you’ve got 90s to have your say!
YOU CAN ALSO WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE
Meet the OTL Front Bench.
John Wright is a veteran pollster, taking the political pulse in Canada and the U.S. He's also a founding host of On the Ledge
Keith Leslie is a regular contributor to CHCH News and spent more than more than half of his career at Canadian Press reporting from Queen’s Park. Keith joined On the Ledge in July, 2018.
Tim Hudak brings more than two decades of experience as an MPP in Ontario and five years as the Leader of the Ontario PC Party to On the Ledge.
Kathleen Wynne shares her unique perspectives as the first woman elected Premier of Ontario when she joins the crew around the table at On the Ledge.
Dave Trafford is a “Podcast Journalist”, the Chief Executive Producer at Story Studio Network, and a Recovering News Director, (having led the news operations at Global News Toronto, Newstalk 1010 and AM640 radio in Toronto) with more than forty years of experience in Canadian media. He and John launched the podcast the same day the 2018 Ontario election campaign kicked off!
Premier Doug Ford used the occassion of a public transit announcement in Brampton to let us know he will indeed be paying a visit to the Lt. Governor to dissolve the legislature and send the province to the polls on Thursday, February 27th.
Ford insists he needs the mandate in order to spend tens of billions of dollars to fight the Donald Trump tariff threats.
Dave Trafford, Kathleen Wynne, Keith Leslie and Tim Hudak debate that strategy, question the Opposition posture and discuss the timing of the election call against the backdrop of the federal leadership vacuum in Ottawa.
LEAVE US A VOICE MESSAGE ABOUT THE SHOW!
Use this LINK and you’ve got 90s to have your say!
YOU CAN ALSO WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE
Meet the OTL Front Bench.
John Wright is a veteran pollster, taking the political pulse in Canada and the U.S. He's also a founding host of On the Ledge
Keith Leslie is a regular contributor to CHCH News and spent more than more than half of his career at Canadian Press reporting from Queen’s Park. Keith joined On the Ledge in July, 2018.
Tim Hudak brings more than two decades of experience as an MPP in Ontario and five years as the Leader of the Ontario PC Party to On the Ledge.
Kathleen Wynne shares her unique perspectives as the first woman elected Premier of Ontario when she joins the crew around the table at On the Ledge.
Dave Trafford is a “Podcast Journalist”, the Chief Executive Producer at Story Studio Network, and a Recovering News Director, (having led the news operations at Global News Toronto, Newstalk 1010 and AM640 radio in Toronto) with more than forty years of experience in Canadian media. He and John launched the podcast the same day the 2018 Ontario election campaign kicked off!