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Overwhelming support for Horwath’s leadership: NDP Convention 2022

Over 85 per cent of delegates to the Ontario NDP convention have given an enthusiastic thumbs up to Andrea Horwath’s leadership.

“I’m humbled and overjoyed. But I want to say, this isn’t about me — this is about finally giving everyday Ontarians a government that’s going to put them first. A government that’s here to invest in health care and our children’s education, not cut them. Protect workers, not the super rich. And support small and local business, not big box stores,” said Horwath.

According to the Ontario NDP’s constitution, the delegates at each convention vote by secret ballot to support the current leader, or hold a leadership contest.

Earlier in the day, Horwath delivered a jubilant speech, telling more than 1,100 delegates that the 2022 election campaign is the election that they, and so many more, have been hoping for and working towards.

Horwath highlighted NDP solutions including a $20 minimum wage and $10-per-day child care, paid sick days, a comprehensive platform to make homes more affordable, a plan to build a fully public and community-based home care and long-term care system and Ontario’s strongest-ever climate plan.

The 2022 convention also saw the election of new NDP provincial president Janelle Brady.

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