Hear! Hear! And it certainly didn’t help to have the very limited voting options… especially in 2023. Having said that I want to acknowledge the very real talent of Ted Hsu and Yasir Naqvi… I would have been proud to support them too. Good people!
More worrying than the eventual choice of the new leader is the rather pathetic participation rate in this leadership race. I understand there were 100,000 able to vote, and only 22,000 made the effort. That is not good news for the party.
Regardless of who the leader is, there is a lot of work to do to get the Liberal base engaged. They will need this engagement if they want to have any chance in the next election.
The lack of voting options was a major deterrent. For me, the only location was 30km away. This would be a deterrent for many. I could have made it there, but was out of town, so it would have been 200km away.
Without remote options, so many were excluded.
For this to have been touted as the most inclusive election yet, you have to think how bad the others were.
This is exactly how I feel, and how my progressive friends feel tonight. We were energized by the prospect of having Nate lead the province. Now we're devastated that Ontarians chose more of the same instead of someone exciting who could draw younger voters in. It's a bleak day.
Thanks. It was therapeutic for me to read this. I felt a bit sick to my stomach when the final results came in on Saturday. I'm really not sure where I'll give my support going forward. Fortunately, the provincial elections are still a ways off. I'm super curious to see what Nate does next.
I haven't voted Liberal, either federally or provincially, for decades, but I would have done so if Nate had won. I've been following his work as an MP with great interest, and I felt, like you, Evan, that he represents a real hope for an Ontario that remembers it has a heart. I can't say I'm surprised that Crombie won, but it's bad news , IMHO, showing that voters will take rhetoric over reality every time.
The moment Ms crombie said she was a centre right liberal that was the clue .. I’d like to know where the largest percentage of votes that she got came from
.. no comment - other than some choice words of complete & utter disgust
I was not allowed to vote as my Name & Membership somehow was disappeared down a black hole of personal data hosted by The Liberal Party of Ontario. Being greeted inside a Toronto East York Church - basement Polling Station by a Bonnie Crombie ‘volunteer’ was ‘Premonition’ in hindsight
Can someone smarter than me explain how & why I received an Unsolicited Email requesting I contribute to An Exit Poll Survey. I can and will promise - I can make this turn very Ugly & will examine the Time Stamp of that specific email ‘reminder’ - & no I do not recall an earlier ‘request’
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The Greens have shown well with a couple impressive local candidates. But it’s not worth saying “why not vote green?” until they are running full credible slates.
They’re simply not operating on a full provincial level *at this point*
Hear! Hear! And it certainly didn’t help to have the very limited voting options… especially in 2023. Having said that I want to acknowledge the very real talent of Ted Hsu and Yasir Naqvi… I would have been proud to support them too. Good people!
More worrying than the eventual choice of the new leader is the rather pathetic participation rate in this leadership race. I understand there were 100,000 able to vote, and only 22,000 made the effort. That is not good news for the party.
Regardless of who the leader is, there is a lot of work to do to get the Liberal base engaged. They will need this engagement if they want to have any chance in the next election.
The lack of voting options was a major deterrent. For me, the only location was 30km away. This would be a deterrent for many. I could have made it there, but was out of town, so it would have been 200km away.
Without remote options, so many were excluded.
For this to have been touted as the most inclusive election yet, you have to think how bad the others were.
This is exactly how I feel, and how my progressive friends feel tonight. We were energized by the prospect of having Nate lead the province. Now we're devastated that Ontarians chose more of the same instead of someone exciting who could draw younger voters in. It's a bleak day.
Sums up my feelings really well.
bingo. based on her record she is a competent Ford in a skirt and i won't vote for that. i'll give Stiles a chance and see how she works out.
Bonnie Ford.
Am just finishing work and your email is the first news I've had. So sad to hear that Nate didn't win and we're stuck with Ford lite.
Thanks. It was therapeutic for me to read this. I felt a bit sick to my stomach when the final results came in on Saturday. I'm really not sure where I'll give my support going forward. Fortunately, the provincial elections are still a ways off. I'm super curious to see what Nate does next.
I haven't voted Liberal, either federally or provincially, for decades, but I would have done so if Nate had won. I've been following his work as an MP with great interest, and I felt, like you, Evan, that he represents a real hope for an Ontario that remembers it has a heart. I can't say I'm surprised that Crombie won, but it's bad news , IMHO, showing that voters will take rhetoric over reality every time.
The moment Ms crombie said she was a centre right liberal that was the clue .. I’d like to know where the largest percentage of votes that she got came from
.. no comment - other than some choice words of complete & utter disgust
I was not allowed to vote as my Name & Membership somehow was disappeared down a black hole of personal data hosted by The Liberal Party of Ontario. Being greeted inside a Toronto East York Church - basement Polling Station by a Bonnie Crombie ‘volunteer’ was ‘Premonition’ in hindsight
Can someone smarter than me explain how & why I received an Unsolicited Email requesting I contribute to An Exit Poll Survey. I can and will promise - I can make this turn very Ugly & will examine the Time Stamp of that specific email ‘reminder’ - & no I do not recall an earlier ‘request’
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I agree.
The Greens have shown well with a couple impressive local candidates. But it’s not worth saying “why not vote green?” until they are running full credible slates.
They’re simply not operating on a full provincial level *at this point*