Crombie says Ford has failed Ontario
Speaking in Barrie, a riding the Liberals are hoping to flip from the PCs, Crombie spent most of her first campaign speech focused on health care and bashing Ford’s decision to call an early election.
“We are here today because Doug Ford doesn’t care about you. Because he has decided to spend $175 million on an election we don’t need, rather than spending that money on getting you a family doctor or on anything to make your life a little easier,” Crombie said.
The former Mississauga mayor was also sporting a new hat that reads “Real Leaders in Healthcare,” the Liberals’ apparent response to the PCs wearing hats with the slogan “Canada is Not for Sale.”
Crombie also said that young people feel they need to leave Ontario to succeed — “and that pisses me off.”
Interestingly, in contrast to both Ford and Stiles who were flanked by multiple candidates and supports, Crombie appeared with only the party’s candidate for Barrie-Springwater-Oro Medonte, Dr. Rose Zacharias. Zacharias is a former president of the Ontario Medical Association.