Ontario Canada Election

The 42nd Ontario Canada general election is scheduled to be held on June 7, 2018.

Ontario general elections are held every four years on the first Thursday in June.

In Ontario general elections, voters in each district or “riding” elect members to the Legislative Assembly, Ontario uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, like at the federal level in Canada. The Premier (Ontario's head of government) and the Executive Council of Ontario are then appointed by the Legislative Assembly based on majority support. The Official Opposition is the largest party not in control of the government, with its leader recognized as Leader of the Opposition by the Speaker.

Ratepayers will no longer be charged the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax on their hydro bills, Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government announced in a speech from the throne.“It recognizes that the cost of electricity is now stretching family budgets.”Eliminating the 8-per-cent provincial portion of the 13-per-cent harmonized sales tax on hydro bills for homes, small businesses, and farms should save the average household $130 a year. In return for selling 60 per cent of Hydro One, the government would receive, after paying off the utility’s debt, somewhere between $3.3 and $5 billion.

Doug Ford says he’ll find a way to fire Hydro One’s “six million dollar man” Mayo Schmidt along with the former Crown corporation’s board if elected Progressive Conservative premier on June 7, even though the company is no longer controlled by the province.
“This board and this CEO are laughing themselves to the bank

Mayo Schmidt

President and Chief Executive Officer
Hydro One
– Present (2 years 8 months)