Ontario leaders B次元官网网址� old and current B次元官网网址� were pinned in the crossfire of Justin Trudeau and Andrew ScheerB次元官网网址檚 battle Monday for the vote-rich province thatB次元官网网址檚 the gateway to federal victory.
Their fight focused in large part on whether a Liberal or a Conservative government would be best suited to work with the provinces to protect CanadaB次元官网网址檚 public health-care system. Over in Atlantic Canada, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Leader Elizabeth May also jockeyed over their partyB次元官网网址檚 health-care policies.
Scheer and Trudeau, were trying to plunder a bountiful crop of votes in the densely populated communities around Toronto and the rest of the Golden Horseshoe around the west end of Lake Ontario.
Trudeau fired the first shot, telling Ontario voters not to B次元官网网址渄ouble downB次元官网网址� on Conservatives after they elected Doug Ford premier in 2018. Trudeau used a new promise of a national pharmacare program to portray Scheer as a faithful Ford follower who wonB次元官网网址檛 defend peopleB次元官网网址檚 interests in fighting for better access to doctors, drugs or mental-health counsellors.
Scheer, meanwhile, evoked the vanquished Ontario Liberal premier Kathleen Wynne, and her predecessor Dalton McGuinty, linking WynneB次元官网网址檚 political demise to a federal leader he branded corrupt and incapable of telling the truth. Scheer promised to make it cheaper for Canadians to buy homes, pledging to resurrect 30-year mortgages and ease the so-called stress test on mortgages, while accusing Trudeau of digging Canadians deeper into debt.
B次元官网网址淭he question becomes for Canadians: Who do you want negotiating with Doug Ford when it comes to your health?B次元官网网址� Trudeau said.
In the suburban Toronto community of Vaughan, Ont., Scheer deflected questions about his affiliation with Ford by lampooning TrudeauB次元官网网址檚 focus on other Conservative leaders.
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In Halifax, Singh criticized both his frontrunning opponents, saying only a New Democrat government could help deliver the health care Canadians need.
B次元官网网址淛ustin Trudeau attacked Harper so viciously but he actually implemented his cuts to health care. And Mr. Scheer is going to keep it going,B次元官网网址� Singh said, sparking applause at a town-hall meeting.
The upbeat response allowed Singh to pivot from his uncomfortable debut in neighbouring New Brunswick earlier in the day where he was forced to address criticism that he has forgotten that province by never visiting, amid a summer controversy that saw some NDP candidates switch to the Greens.
B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 really sorry,B次元官网网址� Singh said in Bathurst, N.B. B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 sorry I didnB次元官网网址檛 get here earlier. IB次元官网网址檓 happy to be here. IB次元官网网址檓 honoured to be here and itB次元官网网址檚 a beautiful place.B次元官网网址�
In Fredericton, May outlined her partyB次元官网网址檚 plan to break down barriers to mental health care, including reducing wait times and putting more money into services in rural and remote areas. B次元官网网址淯niversal health care is under attack,B次元官网网址� she declared.
The Canadian Press
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