Ontario party leaders look to drum up support in battleground GTA

The Canadian Press

Ontario's four main provincial party leaders are campaigning in the Greater Toronto Area again today, in a bid to shore up support in the key region.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is making an announcement this morning in Toronto about a plan to expand health care.

She is spending the whole day in ridings in the east-Toronto region of Scarborough, where the party won a seat in 2018 and where it is hoping to pick up more.

Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca is in Vaughan for a morning platform announcement before heading south to Toronto to talk about his buck-a-ride transit pledge.

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is in Pickering this morning for an unspecified announcement.

Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner is set to make a housing announcement in Waterloo.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 5, 2022.

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