Some ontarium voters who are considered politically not aligned, leaving aside their desire to start Doug Ford and his PC government out of office, often regret the lack of will of the liberals and the PND to cooperate at the electoral moment .
These voters underestimate how many animosity there is between liberal and PND campaigns.
“The liberals and the new Democrats have a much more bitter rivalry than the liberals and conservatives because we are competing for the same group of voters,” says Dan Maulton, partner of CrestView Strategy and part -time advisor to the campaign of the liberal leader Bonnie CROMBIE
“There are certain values that have progressive voters who do not always see reflected in the ruling style of the Liberal Party,” says Kim Wright, founder of Wright Strategies and part -time advisor of the campaign of the NDP Marit Stile leader campaign.
United only for their desire to defeat progressive conservatives, the differences between the new Democrats and Liberals of Crombie de Stiles are fully on exhibition as the elections of Thursday approaches, particularly because each party tries to present themselves as the only real alternative to Ford.
The two rivals He launched his platforms In the same morning at the end of last week and, although some promises are similar, contrasts are notable.
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One of the most marked differences between the two -part platforms is found in their Plan to return money in taxpayers’ pockets.
The liberal proposal is addressed only to average income: An income tax cut That would cut two percentage points of the provincial tax rate on annual profits between $ 51,446 and $ 75,000.
The NDP proposal is aimed at low to moderate income: a Tax refundlaunched as a “reimbursement of groceries”, in which people who earn less than $ 50,000 and households that earn less than $ 65,000 obtain the total amount, while the refund is reduced for those who earn more.
The answer to the question of which part offers a greater tax exemption depends on your income, the size of your home and if you have children.
The answer to the question of which part promises more fiscal relief in total seems clearer:
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The liberal income tax cut (together with the HST scratch in heating at home and hydroelectric) would deliver $ 2.8 billion annually to taxpayers once implemented, according to a Fund document.
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The fiscal reimbursement of the NDP would deliver around $ 4 billion to taxpayers once they are fully implemented, according to a Fund document.
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From tax cuts to money return reimbursements, Mike Crawley of CBC Compare the promises made by the main leaders of the Ontario Party to make the province more affordable for people and families.
He NDP and Liberal The platforms share a series of promises in common: duplication rates of the Ontario Disability Support Program, billions of dollars that will be invested so that everyone in Ontario is a family doctor in four years and a promise of care for care for care Universal mental health under OHIP.
The two platforms are even quite similar in the frequency of references to Doug Ford: the NDP uses its name 17 times on its 22 -page platform; The liberals mention it 20 times in 19 pages.
None of the parties provides a lot of details in its platform cost documents, much less than what Mike Schreiner’s green party offers on its platform, Released on February 12. The PCs have not yet launched a expensive platform, but party officials said one will launch on Monday.
The NDP Platform cost It lists eight lines of new annual costs, each labeled in categories such as “Ontario Housing” (the party’s construction plan of the party linked $ 2.5 billion per year) and “Ontario jobs defense” (support for companies Affected by rates, $ 530 million in the next fiscal year).
The Liberal Cost Document is a Graph on page 17 of its platformListing only four lines of new annual costs, each labeling with a wide category as “a better future for you” ($ 1.88 billion per year) and “a community that works for you” ($ 475 million per year), with an average listed for each year and without breakdown where the figures come from.
The promises of the NDP of fiscal reimbursements and higher expenses grow each year, from $ 16.7 billion in the year one of the plan, increasing to $ 27 billion in the third year.
Liberals do not offer a breakdown year per year of their promises of tax cuts and higher expenses, but show them as an average of $ 16.3 billion per year.
How would the parties pay for the promises?
The liberals say they would find $ 7.1 billion in “savings, value, efficiency and reallocation of existing spending”, but would not provide details of how they would.
They claim that the remaining $ 9.2 billion in additional costs would be covered through faster than expected economic growth.
“An improvement of 50 basic points in economic growth would result in a surplus of more than $ 11 billion per year from 2026-27,” says the liberal platform. “This would compensate more than the new investments and tax cuts described in our plan.”
This claim faces criticism as a provincial version of “The budget will be balanced”, an infamous 2014 comment by Justin Trudeau in his first campaign as a federal liberal leader.
The NDP is committing to pay some of its new expenses and tax reimbursements with new taxes on the rich. The platform promises higher income tax fees on profits of $ 300,000 and more (generating $ 3 billion per year), increasing the amount of capital earnings subject to tax (generating $ 3.6 billion per year and a single tax on gain store profits (generating $ 1 billion in 2026).
As. Liberals, the NDP Math platform is also based on reallocating some government expenses. SOLIDE $ 12.7 billion over the course of three years, especially less than the $ 7.1 billion of liberals per year.
Crombie, Stiles compare their platforms
CBC News asked each leader what makes their campaign platform different from that of their rivals.
“Well, mine is expensive. It is realistic. We have made experts design it,” Crombie said in an interview on Sunday.
Crombie emphasized his plan to ensure that everyone in Ontario has a family doctor in four years, a promise that the NDP also does.
“Our platform offers immediate solutions to the problems with which people are dealing at this time in Ontario,” Stiles said in an interview on Sunday.
Stiles emphasized the promise of Rental control of the NDP, which would limit rental increases in two situations that are currently exempt from the provincial limits: when a new tenant moves to an existing rental and when a unit was built after 2018.
Liberals promise what they describe as “fair and gradual rental control similar to Manitoba”, but Crombie has not provided any details during the campaign, and the platform does not contain more details.
