WELLINGTON-HALTON HILLS POLITICAST #457 - Green For the Bron-Win?! (feat. Bronwynne Wilton)

In 2022, the three major Ontario opposition parties finished very closely together in Wellington-Halton Hills with the Liberals finishing 804 votes short of the second place NDP, and 82 votes short of the third place Greens. It shouldn’t be much of a surprise then that the Green Party of Ontario sees Wellington-Halton Hills as prime target for an upset this election, but can the party be that upsetting with so much on the line?

If you follow Mike Schreiner’s campaign schedule, you will note that he’s oscillating between four different ridings: Guelph (obviously), Kitchener-Centre, Parry Sound-Muskoka, and, as you might have guessed, Wellington-Halton Hills. Whether the Green Party can win this riding will largely depend on their candidate, and in this case it’s a councillor from the literal and figurative centre of Wellington-Halton Hills.

Wilton was first elected to Centre Wellington council in 2022 after growing up in the area, going to the University of Guelph and starting her own business in Fergus. She’s one of three municipal councillors in this race, which might speak to an inherent frustration with our political system. So what happens if the Green Party makes a breakthrough here? What does it mean if the voters there reject over three decades of PC control? 

Those are just a couple of the questions that Wilton will answer on this week’s podcast. She will also talk about why she wanted to run for provincial office, why she’s running for the Green Party, and why Schreiner is so confident that the odds are in her favour. She will also talk about why the environment needs to be a bigger issue, what the Ford government’s impact on rural Ontarians has been, and whether she agrees with Schreiner's assertion that Doug Ford has not made rural Ontario a priority. 

So let's talk about going Green on this episode of the Wellington-Halton Hills Politicast!

You can learn more about  Bronwynne Wilton and her campaign at her campaign website or the Green Party website. We will be cranking out another episode of the Wellington-Halton Hills Politicast this weekend, and, as you’re waiting, keep in mind that advanced voting is on February 20 through 22 and you can find out where to go at elections.on.ca.

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