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Ontario election rattling federal Grits’ confidence, cockiness, say some Liberals
By Abbas Rana May 28, 2018
The outcome of the June 7 Ontario provincial election has ‘no bearing’ on next year’s federal election, says Liberal MP Raj Grewal.
The prospect of the provincial Liberals losing the Ontario election is making some federal Liberal MPs nervous. Polls last week showed that both NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, left, and the PC Leader Doug Ford have been doing well with the voters, and either of the two could become the premier. According to political insiders and polling numbers, Kathleen Wynne's Liberals are expected to lose this election. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
The federal Liberals are watching the Ontario provincial election with “great interest” and the possibility of a Conservative or an NDP win is making them nervous because the same scenario could be repeated federally in 2019, say some Liberals, while others say every election is different and the June 7 outcome would have “no bearing” on next year’s federal election.
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