NDP got boosted by TorStar's 2018 opinion pieces and endorsement leading to some momentum and temporary lead in the polls against Doug Ford before bundling under a bunch of fearmongering Bob Rae ads.
In 2020, TorStar is bought out by private equity investors, recently installed a anti-vax, vehemently anti-communist CEO of TorStar who openly condemned the Federal Liberals for vaccine mandates and implied conspiratorial "control" arguments and in 2022 they endorse beating Doug Ford by "voting for whoever isn't a Conservative".
Pretty easy to see how we got here, at least turnout will be abysmal and that might be the only thing keeping things unpredictable since everyone hates all the leadership candidates for Premiere. You might see some people just refusing to vote.
To be honest, you’re being kind to the Liberal campaign by just describing it as lifeless. I’d use “unbelievably incompetent”, but I’m probably being too hard on them the other direction.
The Liberals were way behind in fundraising than both the PCs and NDP - I wonder how much that affected their campaign strategy and execution.
NDP got boosted by TorStar's 2018 opinion pieces and endorsement leading to some momentum and temporary lead in the polls against Doug Ford before bundling under a bunch of fearmongering Bob Rae ads.
In 2020, TorStar is bought out by private equity investors, recently installed a anti-vax, vehemently anti-communist CEO of TorStar who openly condemned the Federal Liberals for vaccine mandates and implied conspiratorial "control" arguments and in 2022 they endorse beating Doug Ford by "voting for whoever isn't a Conservative".
Pretty easy to see how we got here, at least turnout will be abysmal and that might be the only thing keeping things unpredictable since everyone hates all the leadership candidates for Premiere. You might see some people just refusing to vote.
To be honest, you’re being kind to the Liberal campaign by just describing it as lifeless. I’d use “unbelievably incompetent”, but I’m probably being too hard on them the other direction.
The Liberals were way behind in fundraising than both the PCs and NDP - I wonder how much that affected their campaign strategy and execution.