Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Ontario Liberals Edge PCs as Ford’s Approval Sinks in New Poll

The shift follows weeks of blowback over a $28.9 million government jet purchase.

Overview

  • Liaison Strategies, which released its poll Wednesday, puts the Ontario Liberals at 38% and the PCs at 36% among decided and leaning voters.
  • It marks the first time in Liaison’s monthly tracking that the PCs trail the Liberals.
  • Only 27% approve of Doug Ford’s performance, with 68% disapproving.
  • Most respondents, at 62%, say Ford sold the jet because he was caught in a political controversy rather than out of sincere concern for taxpayers.
  • The poll lands after budget legislation retroactively removed the premier and political staff from freedom‑of‑information oversight, a change that could void earlier rulings on access to calls on Ford’s personal phone.