The second referendum focused on Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford. But with survival comes scrutiny and, with two more weeks until voting day, the referendum on the NDP is just beginning. But the NDP leader is also boxing herself in on Hydro One, the transmission utility that was partially privatized by Wynne’s Liberals. The third mystery in the NDP platform is its tangled promise of expanded child care. The problem, as non-partisan child care experts have pointed out, is that there is nowhere near the capacity to offer discounted child care spaces for the NDP’s target group — their upside-down plan would only create massive waiting lists.

Source: thestar May 22, 2018 23:17 UTC