Some Ontario Liberal activists are calling for an end to public funding of Catholic schools, improvements to the recognition of foreign professional credentials, and a boost to children’s mental health services. In a non-binding online policy-making exercise — known as “Common Ground” — launched by the governing party last weekend, those three ideas have the greatest support. If the Liberal Party of Ontario were to include this in their policy platform, they could win the next election in a landslide,” said one commentator on the party’s new website. “Amalgamating municipalities was a costly and ineffective exercise that almost everyone agreed was a disaster.”With an election set for June 7, 2018, the Liberals, who have been in office for 14 years, are again turning to grassroots members for policy ideas. Patrick Brown’s Progressive Conservatives are also doing an online survey of members for policy ideas.

Source: thestar November 06, 2017 18:45 UTC