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This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team. Shopping essentials. Singles Day in in Canada The holiday, which is a big deal elsewhere, is becoming a thing here, too. Going into the fall election, the Liberals were once again leading in the polls. McGuinty's well-organized campaign directly challenged eight years of Tory policies. He pledged, among other things, not to implement reductions in corporate and personal income taxes promised by the Conservatives and to boost the tax on corporations to its former level of 14 percent from 12 percent , and to increase spending on health care and education.
He also promised to rescind policies that favoured parents with children in private schools and to increase taxes on tobacco. Surprisingly, McGuinty's approach was supported across income and age groups. On 2 October , McGuinty led his party to a majority government - the first time the Liberals had defeated an incumbent Conservative government since Mitch Hepburn led the party to victory in It was also only the second time in half a century the last time was in that the Liberals had won an election outright.
The Liberals gained seats in every part of Ontario, including a majority in the Toronto area, leaving the Tories with a largely rural base. Some observers opined that the size of the Liberal victory owed something to the Tories' poor campaign strategy, which included various well-publicized gaffes.
Others labelled McGuinty's success a "counter-revolution. McGuinty was elected for a second term, from to
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