Holiday wrap
Cancelled convention, civic clash and more
PROGRAMMING NOTE: This is a special edition. I’m taking some scheduled time off to recharge over the holidays. Thanks for closing out a wild year in provincial politics with me! Let’s do it again in 2025. We’ll be back in your inbox regularly starting January 6.
HOLIDAY HEADLINES
WHILE YOU WERE HOLIDAYING — The stretch between Christmas and New Year’s tends to be slow times for news, but there were some key happenings in the world of Ontario politics. Here’s what you need to know.
DIPPERS DIP — “As political chaos on Parliament Hill threatens to sink the minority Liberal government and trigger an early election, Ontario’s official opposition is putting off its annual convention to focus on a provincial election campaign its strategists believe is near.”
Officially: The Ontario NDP decided to postpone its convention, slated for early January in Toronto, because their federal cousins said they would no longer support PM JUSTIN TRUDEAU’s Liberals and would trigger an early elect…