Marit Stiles will need to put her stamp on the party, which Andrea Horwath led for the past 13 years
Incoming Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles knows how the governing Progressive Conservatives and other critics will try to portray her: just like her predecessor, Hamilton-born Andrea Horwath, but a latte-sipping version from downtown Toronto.“They haven’t met me yet, if they think that’s what I am,” says Ms. Stiles. “And also, frankly, I don’t know who’s more Toronto than [Ontario Premier] Doug Ford.
It wasn’t much of a competition, however. Despite several of her fellow MPPs announcing that they were exploring leadership bids, Ms. Stiles was the only person to meet the criteria and officially enter the race. She will face a confirmation vote among the party faithful on Saturday, where she will address the party at a leadership showcase at a convention centre in downtown Toronto.
Her battle could be more complicated if a moribund Liberal Party resurges, but its own leadership race is at least months away, and the party is facing internal dissent over a pitch to recruit Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner. “In the same spirit of collaboration, we sincerely hope that Ms. Stiles puts aside her blind ideology and turns the page on her long history of saying ‘no’ to work with us as we continue to build Ontario,” said Caitlin Clark.
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