Ford Conservatives win Ontario elections on the populist platform

Doug Ford would become Ontario's prime minister, dragged into power by a desire for change and a promise to cut taxes and reduce government, ending 15 years of Liberal Party rule in Canada's most populous province.

Ford's progressive conservatives were ready to win roughly 70 of the province's 124 districts in Thursday's election, according to a CBC projection. CBC, Global News and CTV called for a majority government, which means that conservatives can govern without the support of another party. The projections are based on partial results.

Ford, 53, a former city councilor and brother of the late mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, presented a "for the village" platform of tax cuts for businesses and the middle clbad, along with lower prices for gasoline and electricity. While the tax cuts and their promise to reduce the government's "waste" resonated with voters and were compared to President Donald Trump, it is unclear how he will fund his promises. The party did not disclose a fully budgeted plan.

Conservatives are promising to balance the budget in a "responsible time frame," even as they pledge to cut taxes and increase spending on health care and infrastructure. Ontario's debt has soared under the Liberal Party, rising to 37 percent of gross domestic product, from about 27 percent when they took power in 2003. Ontario, home to some of Canada's largest companies and its service center financial, is the largest sub-sovereign borrower in the world.

Ford succeeds Kathleen Wynne, a five-year incumbent company that granted last week that she was heading to defeat. His party had become deeply unpopular amid the rising prices of electricity and voter fatigue. The main rival of Ford was the leader of the New Democratic Party, Andrea Horwath, 55, who released tax increases to corporations and people with high incomes to finance expanded social programs. The conservatives and the NDP were in the same situation in most surveys based on popular support, although Ford's support was more widespread throughout the province, which generated more seats.

Ford also pledged to eliminate the province's limits and trade program on greenhouse gas emissions, establishing a confrontation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has pledged to ensure that each Canadian province adopts some form of carbon tax. . Ford also wants to get rid of the CEO of Hydro One Ltd., the provincial utility that was sold to investors through an initial public offering in 2015. It is not clear if a prime minister has the power to do so, since the Government has a 47 Percentage of participation.