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Kathleen Wynne, MPP for Don Valley West, became education minister in 2006 and remained in positions of power until 2018. It's over. “How would that have been fair for a new leader to be carrying all the baggage that I had?”, Now, she is back in the legislature, watching as her work is undone. If you would like to write a letter to the editor, please forward it to letters@globeandmail.com. A: Because Wynne is dishonest. Still, Ms. Wynne doesn’t regret leading the Liberals into the June election. Like I say: Kathleen Wynne … © Copyright 2020 The Globe and Mail Inc. All rights reserved. Kathleen Wynne started off as premier with enormous goodwill. Newspapers Limited, One Yonge Street, 4th floor, Toronto, ON, M5E 1E6. Wynne recently said the June 7 election will present “the clearest, starkest choice in this province’s history . In the past few weeks, we’ve seen images of embattled Ontario Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne doing all she can to be visible, relatable and, yes, very likeable. But no, I don’t think it will work—but I don’t think anything will work right now for the Liberals. She has consistently been under 20 per cent. Her victory made her celebrated and envied. . Yeah indeed. “My intention is to represent my constituents and I will continue to do that,” she said, when asked if she’ll serve her entire term. But, returning to Liquorman’s Ol’ Dirty Canadian Whisky — what Wynne fails to see is the humour in it all. In the 2014 election, Wynne was cozy with the unions (read: sunny ways). Now. This article was published more than 2 years ago. They are ready, like indescribably fearless Florida school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez, who helped start a new activist movement for gun control, to “call B.S.” on anything that seems phoney or hypocritical or self-serving. Ms. Wynne doesn’t believe, for example, that the deficit is $15-billion as the Tories say. How unpopular is Kathleen Wynne as premier? permissions/licensing, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com. to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about Some information in it may no longer be current. Now, after a lavish pre-election budget rollout — free daycare, making other investments in health — and having already instituted very popular measures, including free tuition for some post-secondary students, pharmacare and the $14 minimum wage, set to rise to $15 if her government stays in power — Wynne’s Liberals have climbed in some polls from “dead in the water” to “maybe there’s life yet.”. And now Wynne wants the same thing with cannabis. Indeed, some members of Del Duca’s team speculated to me earlier this year (during the party’s leadership race) that Wynne would stick around after 2022 because she was skeptical of the man who is now the party leader. It’s really hard to watch,” Ms. Wynne said recently over green tea at a café in her Toronto riding. Kathleen Wynne made a commitment to herself: show up to the Ontario Legislature at least two days a week. Kathleen Wynne Your MPP in Don Valley West. Click here to learn more. W hen I reach Kathleen Wynne by phone at the end of October, she’s exasperated. She herself put it to her convention in 2013, saying confidently that Ontarians don’t “hold that prejudice in their hearts.” It made her seem even more courageous and engaging. rights reserved. Some of it is understandable. The Illuminati goal is to destroy the nuclear family. With only a 19% approval rating, Wynne falls just short of one in five respondents approving of her and the job she’s been doing. All Comments that violate our community guidelines will not be posted. Every resident of Ontario able to sit up and take nourishment — probably including Wiarton Willie last week — has known the study’s conclusion for a long time: Premier Kathleen Wynne is doing a lousy job of managing Ontario’s economy. Crushingly so. At this point, I am hearing from many, many senior and experienced Progressive Conservatives that Doug Ford may well win this thing. In the meantime, despite those “likeable” pre-campaign images of Wynne engaging with potential voters, she can’t really afford to focus on whether she’s popular, or likeable, which are not exactly the same thing. In some key ways, Wynne still is that person, that leader. Ford Nation is victorious. One thing that has come out of the populist scenario, for good or bad, is that voters crave authenticity. “They will tell you they want to balance the budget, but balancing the budget doesn’t inherently mean you’re building anything,” she said. expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Toronto In the past few weeks, we’ve seen images of embattled Ontario Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne doing all she can to be visible, relatable and, yes, very likeable. Support for the Progressive Conservatives has “collapsed,” according to a new poll, while Ontario Premier Doug Ford is now less popular than Kathleen Wynne at the end of her time as Premier. Kathleen Wynne has it backwards. Two women, both strong progressives, and one man. Then she won a surprise majority, making history as Ontario’s first female premier. “It’s hard to watch, that’s for sure. Kathleen Wynne, who has been Ontario premier for more than two years now, should take a long, hard look at what McGuinty achieved and how he did it. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne takes part in the meeting of First Ministers in Ottawa on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. One of those seats belongs to Ms. Wynne herself. She’ll likely be called to testify at a select committee struck by the PCs to investigate her government’s handling of the province’s finances, including a well-known dispute with the Auditor-General. The fact that she was also a lesbian seemed a non-issue. They have gotten darker. And a lot of his moves involve undoing what the Liberals did over the past 15 years, at warp speed. After presiding over such problematic issues as the sale of Hydro One, rising electricity costs and indulging the teachers’ unions, she dipped to an all-time approval low of 12 per cent last year. Kathleen Wynne made a commitment to herself: show up to the Ontario Legislature at least two days a week. With the volatile and controversial leader Doug Ford at the helm of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives, there’s still time for an upheaval. Mr. Ford’s government is different, she said, than that of former PC premier Mike Harris, who was in power from 1995 until 2002. Read our, I'm a print subscriber, link to my account, Read more about following topics and authors. Still, Wynne herself is universally depicted as almost fatally unpopular. “It’s less predictable and, therefore, more dangerous than what happened with Harris,” she said. That means: If you do not see your comment posted immediately it is being reviewed by our moderation team and may appear shortly. We aim to create a safe and valuable space for discussion and debate. When young women ask me about my experience now, I am less willing to gloss over the challenges. Tue Feb 24, 2015 - … You’d have a better chance of finding Waldo in a crowd then former Premier Kathleen Wynne in the legislative assembly. Why is that? “To me, that’s what life is about. “The reason we put cap-and-trade in place is because it does foster that kind of economic activity. It may not sound like much, especially since the provincial House doesn’t even sit on Fridays, but the former Ontario premier notes she works in her constituency on other days. As her party looks to rebuild, Ms. Wynne said she plans on helping out – but only from the sidelines. But times have changed. Kathleen Wynne Wants You To Elect Doug Ford The best case outcome for the Liberals now is for the Conservatives to win, so the NDP doesn't become legitimized in government. “I needed to get out of the way,” she said, “because I believed that we could have even had a worse result.”. And she does not have the luxury of resigning a rare Liberal seat, at least not yet, while her party rebuilds after a crushing loss. I’m not yet prepared to say this dislike is the result of the kind of deep misogyny that Hillary Clinton faced in her humiliating presidential defeat by Trump. If Wynne’s Liberals, a party that has been in power for the past 15 years, with Wynne at the helm for five — and now all but written off by polls and pundits — manage to win the upcoming provincial election, it won’t be just a “blessin” for her. Latest News. To order To order copies of Kathleen O'Day Wynne MPP (born May 21, 1953) is a Canadian politician who served as the 25th premier of Ontario from February 11, 2013 to June 29, 2018. We hope to have this fixed soon. Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s comment community. No roaring crowds. It will be the kind of miracle that will fascinate political nerds for years to come. The Ford government, she argues, has no vision. Doug Ford has won the Ontario PC leadership. Wynne gets rough ride from autoworker at town hall meeting in Ancaster, As Tories flail, Kathleen Wynne plots her comeback, Ontario voters facing ‘stark choice’ in June, says Kathleen Wynne, And my favourite Wynne appearance, already mocked on Twitter by one anti-Wynne presence as “The Hydro Hustle,” was her taking to the floor in a fitness dance class at a Toronto community centre to the tinny sounds of “Despacito.”, Come to think of it, Justin Bieber’s duo-lingo remix of the smash hit may hold a wishful mantra for Wynne: “Come on over in my direction/So thankful for that, it’s such a blessin, yeah.”. Something similar happened to Justin Trudeau’s likability because of Kathleen Wynne’s policy decisions. A grade-by-grade breakdown of Kathleen Wynne’s graphic new sex-ed program From the earliest ages, children are taught they have the 'right to enjoy their sexuality.' Name * First Last. Thank you for your patience. Non-subscribers can read and sort comments but will not be able to engage with them in any way. Click here to subscribe. The visual style is as defiant as the #SorryNotSorry hashtag. When she won the Liberal leadership in 2013, Wynne was seen as authentic and fresh, although leading a tired party. “They’re using a number that they’ve kind of cobbled together as a cover for cutting programs and cutting supports,” she said. Republication or distribution of this content is . She led the Liberals to a historic defeat in last June’s election, keeping only seven seats in the legislature – one shy of official-party status. “I felt it was my responsibility to take my lumps, let whatever was going to happen, happen,” she said. Readers can also interact with The Globe on Facebook and Twitter . Wynne and those before her kind of let scandals die and be swept under the rug - Canadians are too nice and forgetful! That guessing was obviously wrong. Just Kathleen Wynne staring down the barrel of the camera/gun. Torontoist has been acquired by Daily Hive Toronto - Your City. A member of the Ontario Liberal Party, Kathleen Wynne has served as the member of provincial parliament (MPP) for the Toronto riding of Don Valley West since October 3, 2003. And of course, she’s up against that pervasive personal animosity. Ms. Wynne still faces her own tough questions, even out of government. “I don’t think there’s any shame in having done what you believe in, it not working out and then being part of the analysis of what didn’t go well,” she said. Turning 65 in May, Wynne may well be the most physically fit Ontario premier in history. It’s not the mood I’d have pegged for a long-time provincial politician who announced she would not seek re-election days prior—I expected some elation, nostalgia even. This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. by contrast, Hudak told us that Ontario had to cut spending. Get the latest from Kathleen. She said she meets people across the province who regularly thank her for her government’s work, including raising the minimum wage to $14 an hour. Kathleen Wynne on girls, women and politics Experiences show more work has to be done to achieve equality, former premier told awards event last year. Doug Ford And Kathleen Wynne’s Warm Exchange Is The 2020 Moment No One Saw Coming presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution It’s difficult to imagine how Ms. Wynne, 65, faces the reality of her party’s situation. Avoid the use of toxic and offensive language. Email * Postal Code * Add your name. If you are looking to give feedback on our new site, please send it along to, To view this site properly, enable cookies in your browser. There she was, cutting a sharp figure on ice skates, a child in tow. Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s comment community. As a result, Ontario – now the most heavily-indebted sub-sovereign jurisdiction on earth – faces an escalating debt problem, made all the worse by Kathleen Wynne’s policies. There is, after all, another key contender: NDP Leader Andrea Horwath. Kathleen Wynne is helped off stage at the Liberal election party in the riding of Don Valley West in Toronto on June 7, 2018. “I tear up just thinking about it,” she said. When asked which of the government’s decisions has concerned her the most, Ms. Wynne answers dryly: “It’s hard to choose.”. Elliot simply isn’t – and Mulroney is decidedly not up to the job. First Kathleen Wynne destroyed her own family. In fact, the campaign ahead may be far less about likability and more about who seems most real and believable. Defiant, yet almost in tears over her party’s loss, Ms. Wynne at once defends her government’s record while acknowledging that her personal unpopularity caused her to take the extraordinary step of announcing days before the June election that she would not win. 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And I hated to disappoint them.”, In the end, she tried to salvage as many seats as she could. We aim to have all comments reviewed in a timely manner. The MPP for Don Valley West, which she has represented since 2003, has not been able to slip away quietly, as most leaders who are defeated do. Incredible, I know, but he is doing what he should be doing: working. When Wynne's oldest son, Chris, was eleven-years-old, his mother kicked his dad into the basement and moved her lesbian lover into his parent's bedroom. She settles on the cancellation of the cap-and-trade program, calling it “the most fundamentally disturbing” for a government that prides itself on its business acumen. I don’t like that at all, and it worries me enormously.”. “I don’t like watching what are, in my opinion, bad decisions. Follow topics and authors relevant to your reading interests. I reckon Ford is maybe five wildly undisciplined moments away from having at least some swing voters rethink their voting intentions. It’s why I believe in it more than I believe in the carbon tax,” she said. Kathleen Wynne’s nasty, bitter, desperate and vindictive performance during this campaign — especially her recent “concession speech”, which came off as a giant middle finger to her own party and her supporters — has absolutely cemented her legacy as the Premier who turned victim-hood into an art form. People can like you but not want you to lead them. Article content. One of Wynne’s political strengths used to be that authenticity. Wynne’s always built her brand on her toughness. When she’s at Queen’s Park, Ms. Wynne has a front-row seat – albeit, from the corner – to Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government in action. But Wynne’s announcement isn’t an unalloyed blessing for the party. By denying Doug Ford the party unity that all candidates had promised, Elliott is doing exactly what Kathleen Wynne wants. Wynne is introducing a controversial "sex ed" curriculum that promotes homosexuality.) Let’s see what shakes down in the voting booth. What she doesn’t often say is that she’s up against something almost unbeatable in politics — a yearning for change in government. Kathleen Wynne may no longer be the Premier of Ontario, but she said she hopes her lasting presence in the halls of the legislature will inspire more young women to enter politics. I’m curious, for example, why a government’s active compassion for those in need is seen as a weakness and not a strength. This is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and Globe staff. Kathleen Wynne said: “Now there are those who say you are doing it [raising the minimum wage] too fast.” Fact: One of “those” who said it was the Wynne Liberals’ hand-picked expert witness at the recent pre-budget hearings. 35 Comments February 25, 2015 at 9:45 am. Here she is again, cooking up a storm at an Indian restaurant — “Are we cutting slices?” asks Wynne, the helpful sous chef. Good thing she’s a runner. Anyone who mixes alcohol and cannabis either knows what they’re doing and can pace themselves, or they’re in for a night of vomiting and passing out. The campaign will show us whether the current populist surge, fuelled in part by anger, and a narrowing of tolerance for “the other,” personified in the U.S. by Donald Trump, and invigorated here by Doug Ford, has made Wynne’s kind of openness and compassion a wussy — and fiscal — liability. Q: Why is Kathleen Wynne so hated? Judith Timson is a Toronto-based writer and a freelance contributing columnist for the Star. 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It’s a choice between care, or cuts.”. WATCH: The one thing Kathleen Wynne should be sorry for If Ontarians find that being Wynne-splained and lectured creates emotional distance, this ad attempts to bridge that distance. That’s because Wynne… 'Doing nothing' would have saved Ontario billions in electricity boondoggles Back to video His successor, Kathleen Wynne, has adopted a … Follow her on Twitter: @judithtimson, Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. For Ford it is likely his handling of student loans and grants; for Wynne it was her highly controversial carbon tax crusade. No babies being kissed. No one even questioned her “likability.” Now she’s in the political race of her life. 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All candidates campaigned under the same system, the party analyzed the results, they did a recount, and they rejected challenges of the results. Ontario Liberal MPP Kathleen Wynne is seen as the legislature sits inside Queen's Park in Toronto on Sept. 15, 2018. Premier Kathleen Wynne says the government has not yet given teachers' unions $2.5 million to help cover the cost of negotiations, and will now require receipts to show how the money is spent. Wynne compressed a lot of change into a short amount of time because there was an election coming. The Canadian Press/HuffPost Canada composite. Kathleen Wynne, MPP for Don Valley West, became education minister in 2006 and remained in positions of power until 2018. It's over. “How would that have been fair for a new leader to be carrying all the baggage that I had?”, Now, she is back in the legislature, watching as her work is undone. If you would like to write a letter to the editor, please forward it to letters@globeandmail.com. A: Because Wynne is dishonest. Still, Ms. Wynne doesn’t regret leading the Liberals into the June election. Like I say: Kathleen Wynne … © Copyright 2020 The Globe and Mail Inc. All rights reserved. Kathleen Wynne started off as premier with enormous goodwill. Newspapers Limited, One Yonge Street, 4th floor, Toronto, ON, M5E 1E6. Wynne recently said the June 7 election will present “the clearest, starkest choice in this province’s history . In the past few weeks, we’ve seen images of embattled Ontario Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne doing all she can to be visible, relatable and, yes, very likeable. But no, I don’t think it will work—but I don’t think anything will work right now for the Liberals. She has consistently been under 20 per cent. Her victory made her celebrated and envied. . Yeah indeed. “My intention is to represent my constituents and I will continue to do that,” she said, when asked if she’ll serve her entire term. But, returning to Liquorman’s Ol’ Dirty Canadian Whisky — what Wynne fails to see is the humour in it all. In the 2014 election, Wynne was cozy with the unions (read: sunny ways). Now. This article was published more than 2 years ago. They are ready, like indescribably fearless Florida school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez, who helped start a new activist movement for gun control, to “call B.S.” on anything that seems phoney or hypocritical or self-serving. Ms. Wynne doesn’t believe, for example, that the deficit is $15-billion as the Tories say. How unpopular is Kathleen Wynne as premier? permissions/licensing, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com. to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about Some information in it may no longer be current. Now, after a lavish pre-election budget rollout — free daycare, making other investments in health — and having already instituted very popular measures, including free tuition for some post-secondary students, pharmacare and the $14 minimum wage, set to rise to $15 if her government stays in power — Wynne’s Liberals have climbed in some polls from “dead in the water” to “maybe there’s life yet.”. And now Wynne wants the same thing with cannabis. Indeed, some members of Del Duca’s team speculated to me earlier this year (during the party’s leadership race) that Wynne would stick around after 2022 because she was skeptical of the man who is now the party leader. It’s really hard to watch,” Ms. Wynne said recently over green tea at a café in her Toronto riding. Kathleen Wynne made a commitment to herself: show up to the Ontario Legislature at least two days a week. Kathleen Wynne Your MPP in Don Valley West. Click here to learn more. W hen I reach Kathleen Wynne by phone at the end of October, she’s exasperated. She herself put it to her convention in 2013, saying confidently that Ontarians don’t “hold that prejudice in their hearts.” It made her seem even more courageous and engaging. rights reserved. Some of it is understandable. The Illuminati goal is to destroy the nuclear family. With only a 19% approval rating, Wynne falls just short of one in five respondents approving of her and the job she’s been doing. All Comments that violate our community guidelines will not be posted. Every resident of Ontario able to sit up and take nourishment — probably including Wiarton Willie last week — has known the study’s conclusion for a long time: Premier Kathleen Wynne is doing a lousy job of managing Ontario’s economy. Crushingly so. At this point, I am hearing from many, many senior and experienced Progressive Conservatives that Doug Ford may well win this thing. In the meantime, despite those “likeable” pre-campaign images of Wynne engaging with potential voters, she can’t really afford to focus on whether she’s popular, or likeable, which are not exactly the same thing. In some key ways, Wynne still is that person, that leader. Ford Nation is victorious. One thing that has come out of the populist scenario, for good or bad, is that voters crave authenticity. “They will tell you they want to balance the budget, but balancing the budget doesn’t inherently mean you’re building anything,” she said. expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Toronto In the past few weeks, we’ve seen images of embattled Ontario Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne doing all she can to be visible, relatable and, yes, very likeable. Support for the Progressive Conservatives has “collapsed,” according to a new poll, while Ontario Premier Doug Ford is now less popular than Kathleen Wynne at the end of her time as Premier. Kathleen Wynne has it backwards. Two women, both strong progressives, and one man. Then she won a surprise majority, making history as Ontario’s first female premier. “It’s hard to watch, that’s for sure. Kathleen Wynne, who has been Ontario premier for more than two years now, should take a long, hard look at what McGuinty achieved and how he did it. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne takes part in the meeting of First Ministers in Ottawa on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. One of those seats belongs to Ms. Wynne herself. She’ll likely be called to testify at a select committee struck by the PCs to investigate her government’s handling of the province’s finances, including a well-known dispute with the Auditor-General. The fact that she was also a lesbian seemed a non-issue. They have gotten darker. And a lot of his moves involve undoing what the Liberals did over the past 15 years, at warp speed. After presiding over such problematic issues as the sale of Hydro One, rising electricity costs and indulging the teachers’ unions, she dipped to an all-time approval low of 12 per cent last year. Kathleen Wynne made a commitment to herself: show up to the Ontario Legislature at least two days a week. With the volatile and controversial leader Doug Ford at the helm of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives, there’s still time for an upheaval. Mr. Ford’s government is different, she said, than that of former PC premier Mike Harris, who was in power from 1995 until 2002. Read our, I'm a print subscriber, link to my account, Read more about following topics and authors. Still, Wynne herself is universally depicted as almost fatally unpopular. “It’s less predictable and, therefore, more dangerous than what happened with Harris,” she said. That means: If you do not see your comment posted immediately it is being reviewed by our moderation team and may appear shortly. We aim to create a safe and valuable space for discussion and debate. When young women ask me about my experience now, I am less willing to gloss over the challenges. Tue Feb 24, 2015 - … You’d have a better chance of finding Waldo in a crowd then former Premier Kathleen Wynne in the legislative assembly. Why is that? “To me, that’s what life is about. “The reason we put cap-and-trade in place is because it does foster that kind of economic activity. It may not sound like much, especially since the provincial House doesn’t even sit on Fridays, but the former Ontario premier notes she works in her constituency on other days. As her party looks to rebuild, Ms. Wynne said she plans on helping out – but only from the sidelines. But times have changed. Kathleen Wynne Wants You To Elect Doug Ford The best case outcome for the Liberals now is for the Conservatives to win, so the NDP doesn't become legitimized in government. “I needed to get out of the way,” she said, “because I believed that we could have even had a worse result.”. And she does not have the luxury of resigning a rare Liberal seat, at least not yet, while her party rebuilds after a crushing loss. I’m not yet prepared to say this dislike is the result of the kind of deep misogyny that Hillary Clinton faced in her humiliating presidential defeat by Trump. If Wynne’s Liberals, a party that has been in power for the past 15 years, with Wynne at the helm for five — and now all but written off by polls and pundits — manage to win the upcoming provincial election, it won’t be just a “blessin” for her. Latest News. To order To order copies of Kathleen O'Day Wynne MPP (born May 21, 1953) is a Canadian politician who served as the 25th premier of Ontario from February 11, 2013 to June 29, 2018. We hope to have this fixed soon. Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s comment community. No roaring crowds. It will be the kind of miracle that will fascinate political nerds for years to come. The Ford government, she argues, has no vision. Doug Ford has won the Ontario PC leadership. Wynne gets rough ride from autoworker at town hall meeting in Ancaster, As Tories flail, Kathleen Wynne plots her comeback, Ontario voters facing ‘stark choice’ in June, says Kathleen Wynne, And my favourite Wynne appearance, already mocked on Twitter by one anti-Wynne presence as “The Hydro Hustle,” was her taking to the floor in a fitness dance class at a Toronto community centre to the tinny sounds of “Despacito.”, Come to think of it, Justin Bieber’s duo-lingo remix of the smash hit may hold a wishful mantra for Wynne: “Come on over in my direction/So thankful for that, it’s such a blessin, yeah.”. Something similar happened to Justin Trudeau’s likability because of Kathleen Wynne’s policy decisions. A grade-by-grade breakdown of Kathleen Wynne’s graphic new sex-ed program From the earliest ages, children are taught they have the 'right to enjoy their sexuality.' Name * First Last. Thank you for your patience. Non-subscribers can read and sort comments but will not be able to engage with them in any way. Click here to subscribe. The visual style is as defiant as the #SorryNotSorry hashtag. When she won the Liberal leadership in 2013, Wynne was seen as authentic and fresh, although leading a tired party. “They’re using a number that they’ve kind of cobbled together as a cover for cutting programs and cutting supports,” she said. Republication or distribution of this content is . She led the Liberals to a historic defeat in last June’s election, keeping only seven seats in the legislature – one shy of official-party status. “I felt it was my responsibility to take my lumps, let whatever was going to happen, happen,” she said. Readers can also interact with The Globe on Facebook and Twitter . Wynne and those before her kind of let scandals die and be swept under the rug - Canadians are too nice and forgetful! That guessing was obviously wrong. Just Kathleen Wynne staring down the barrel of the camera/gun. Torontoist has been acquired by Daily Hive Toronto - Your City. A member of the Ontario Liberal Party, Kathleen Wynne has served as the member of provincial parliament (MPP) for the Toronto riding of Don Valley West since October 3, 2003. And of course, she’s up against that pervasive personal animosity. Ms. Wynne still faces her own tough questions, even out of government. “I don’t think there’s any shame in having done what you believe in, it not working out and then being part of the analysis of what didn’t go well,” she said. Turning 65 in May, Wynne may well be the most physically fit Ontario premier in history. It’s not the mood I’d have pegged for a long-time provincial politician who announced she would not seek re-election days prior—I expected some elation, nostalgia even. This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. by contrast, Hudak told us that Ontario had to cut spending. Get the latest from Kathleen. She said she meets people across the province who regularly thank her for her government’s work, including raising the minimum wage to $14 an hour. Kathleen Wynne on girls, women and politics Experiences show more work has to be done to achieve equality, former premier told awards event last year. Doug Ford And Kathleen Wynne’s Warm Exchange Is The 2020 Moment No One Saw Coming presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution It’s difficult to imagine how Ms. Wynne, 65, faces the reality of her party’s situation. Avoid the use of toxic and offensive language. Email * Postal Code * Add your name. If you are looking to give feedback on our new site, please send it along to, To view this site properly, enable cookies in your browser. There she was, cutting a sharp figure on ice skates, a child in tow. Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s comment community. As a result, Ontario – now the most heavily-indebted sub-sovereign jurisdiction on earth – faces an escalating debt problem, made all the worse by Kathleen Wynne’s policies. There is, after all, another key contender: NDP Leader Andrea Horwath. Kathleen Wynne is helped off stage at the Liberal election party in the riding of Don Valley West in Toronto on June 7, 2018. “I tear up just thinking about it,” she said. When asked which of the government’s decisions has concerned her the most, Ms. Wynne answers dryly: “It’s hard to choose.”. Elliot simply isn’t – and Mulroney is decidedly not up to the job. First Kathleen Wynne destroyed her own family. In fact, the campaign ahead may be far less about likability and more about who seems most real and believable. Defiant, yet almost in tears over her party’s loss, Ms. Wynne at once defends her government’s record while acknowledging that her personal unpopularity caused her to take the extraordinary step of announcing days before the June election that she would not win. 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And I hated to disappoint them.”, In the end, she tried to salvage as many seats as she could. We aim to have all comments reviewed in a timely manner. The MPP for Don Valley West, which she has represented since 2003, has not been able to slip away quietly, as most leaders who are defeated do. Incredible, I know, but he is doing what he should be doing: working. When Wynne's oldest son, Chris, was eleven-years-old, his mother kicked his dad into the basement and moved her lesbian lover into his parent's bedroom. She settles on the cancellation of the cap-and-trade program, calling it “the most fundamentally disturbing” for a government that prides itself on its business acumen. I don’t like that at all, and it worries me enormously.”. “I don’t like watching what are, in my opinion, bad decisions. Follow topics and authors relevant to your reading interests. I reckon Ford is maybe five wildly undisciplined moments away from having at least some swing voters rethink their voting intentions. It’s why I believe in it more than I believe in the carbon tax,” she said. Kathleen Wynne’s nasty, bitter, desperate and vindictive performance during this campaign — especially her recent “concession speech”, which came off as a giant middle finger to her own party and her supporters — has absolutely cemented her legacy as the Premier who turned victim-hood into an art form. People can like you but not want you to lead them. Article content. One of Wynne’s political strengths used to be that authenticity. Wynne’s always built her brand on her toughness. When she’s at Queen’s Park, Ms. Wynne has a front-row seat – albeit, from the corner – to Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government in action. But Wynne’s announcement isn’t an unalloyed blessing for the party. By denying Doug Ford the party unity that all candidates had promised, Elliott is doing exactly what Kathleen Wynne wants. Wynne is introducing a controversial "sex ed" curriculum that promotes homosexuality.) Let’s see what shakes down in the voting booth. What she doesn’t often say is that she’s up against something almost unbeatable in politics — a yearning for change in government. Kathleen Wynne may no longer be the Premier of Ontario, but she said she hopes her lasting presence in the halls of the legislature will inspire more young women to enter politics. I’m curious, for example, why a government’s active compassion for those in need is seen as a weakness and not a strength. This is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and Globe staff. Kathleen Wynne said: “Now there are those who say you are doing it [raising the minimum wage] too fast.” Fact: One of “those” who said it was the Wynne Liberals’ hand-picked expert witness at the recent pre-budget hearings. 35 Comments February 25, 2015 at 9:45 am. Here she is again, cooking up a storm at an Indian restaurant — “Are we cutting slices?” asks Wynne, the helpful sous chef. Good thing she’s a runner. Anyone who mixes alcohol and cannabis either knows what they’re doing and can pace themselves, or they’re in for a night of vomiting and passing out. The campaign will show us whether the current populist surge, fuelled in part by anger, and a narrowing of tolerance for “the other,” personified in the U.S. by Donald Trump, and invigorated here by Doug Ford, has made Wynne’s kind of openness and compassion a wussy — and fiscal — liability. Q: Why is Kathleen Wynne so hated? Judith Timson is a Toronto-based writer and a freelance contributing columnist for the Star. 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