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There’s a mysterious move afoot to push Premier Doug Ford’s Ontario PC government to adopt more fiscally conservative policies.

Calling itself “Project Ontario,” the initiative launched quietly on the weekend with a one-page website and an unsigned manifesto posted by The Hub, an online news and commentary outlet. 

“When conservatives lose their principles, Ontario loses its way. Let’s change course,” says the website.  

“We’re organizing an assembly of Ontario conservatives this fall that we’d love to tell you more about,” it adds, encouraging people to submit their name, email address and postal code to get more details.

The call for change comes only a few months after Ford led his Progressive Conservatives to a third consecutive majority, something that no party leader has accomplished in the province since the 1950s.

It’s unclear who’s behind Project Ontario.

Project Ontario describes itself as ‘a grassroots movement of conservatives.’ The group’s manifesto speaks of the province in bleak terms, describing economic …
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