As political chaos on Parliament Hill threatens to sink the minority Liberal government and trigger an early election, Ontario’s official opposition is putting off its annual convention to focus on a provincial election campaign its strategists believe is near.
The Ontario NDP made the decision over the weekend to postpone its convention after its federal sister party said it would no longer support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and joined the Conservative Party’s attempts to trigger an early election.
The convention had originally been set to take place in early January in downtown Toronto for the Ontario NDP and its supporters to plan policy and look at the year ahead.
With the prospect of an early federal election on the horizon, however, the party decided to forgo the conference to prepare for an election campaign.
An early federal election could theoretically prompt the Ford government to trigger a snap ballot in Ontario as well, …