Kingston MPP Ted Hsu has officially announced he will run for leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party.
Hsu announced his run for party leadership at an event at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour on May 28. Rob Baker, lead guitarist for Kingston’s The Tragically Hip, introduced Hsu at the event.
“I think people are done with simple solutions,” Hsu said, “With simple black-and-white pictures of the world. They’re … wanting a politician, politics that they can trust, an authentic connection. That’s how I believe that people bring a fresh start to the Ontario Liberal Party.”
He added that the Ontario Liberal Party “has lost its connection to rural, small-town and northern Ontario,” according to the Kingston Whig-Standard. He said he would focus on health care, housing, cost of living, and climate change….