News Analysis
The Doug Ford Progressive Conservatives have a fresh mandate with more seats, their main political opponents without leadership, and an economy-killing pandemic in the rear-view mirror. Even so, political experts are divided on whether Ford will use this new latitude to be more conservative in his approach, or follow a similar trajectory to his previous term in power.
The PCs won 83 seats in the election, 7 more than in 2018. The NDP, on the other hand, shrunk from 40 seats to 31. Andrea Horwath, NDP leader since 2009, stepped down.
Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca, who failed to win in Vaughan–Woodbridge, also resigned following the election. The party’s modest eight wins was only one seat more than last time, and they still lack official party status….