Economics
Ontario Faces Austerity as Debt Weighs on Provincial Vote
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Ontario voters will probably deny a clear victory to either Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal Party or challenger Tim Hudak’s Progressive Conservatives, polls show, as their competing plans for the economy of Canada’s largest province fall short of majority backing.
The Liberals have 37.3 percent voter support based on polls taken through June 9, compared with 36.5 percent for the Conservatives, according to survey aggregator threehundredeight.com. The figures suggest neither party will win a majority of the 107 seats in the legislature today, which may leave them relying on the New Democratic Party under Andrea Horwath to pass laws and continue to govern.