Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, who, last week, put to rest Tory-fuelled rumours about a snap summer election, hopes soaring hydro bills will be a distant memory by this time next year. The one-year countdown to the Ontario election has begun with all the major party leaders looking ahead to the vote on June 7, 2018. Premier Kathleen Wynne, whose Liberals have been in power since 2003 and trail the Progressive Conservatives in most polls, will spend the coming months touting pharmacare, higher wages and transit improvements. “Voters are tired of promises by a government that it has no intention of keeping. A wild card for both Brown and Wynne is NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.

Source: thestar June 06, 2017 20:29 UTC