{"id":11650,"date":"2014-05-23T23:52:05","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T15:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=11650"},"modified":"2014-05-23T23:52:05","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T15:52:05","slug":"ndp-leader-andrea-horwath-says-she-isnt-worried-about-vote-splitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/23\/ndp-leader-andrea-horwath-says-she-isnt-worried-about-vote-splitting\/","title":{"rendered":"NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says she isn\u2019t worried about vote splitting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10604\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1024px-Andrea_Horwath_and_Michael_Prue_2009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10604\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1024px-Andrea_Horwath_and_Michael_Prue_2009.jpg\" alt=\"Andrea Horwath and Michael Prue. Photo by Neal Jennings \/ Wikimedia Commons.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1024px-Andrea_Horwath_and_Michael_Prue_2009.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1024px-Andrea_Horwath_and_Michael_Prue_2009-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrea Horwath and Michael Prue. Photo by Neal Jennings \/ Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\">OTTAWA\u2014Ontario\u2019s NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is brushing off concerns of vote splitting among left-leaning voters eager to keep the Progressive Conservatives out of power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\">Horwath says she doesn\u2019t see Tim Hudak\u2019s plan\u2014which includes cutting 100,000 public sector jobs\u2014gaining enough traction to warrant strategic voting come June 12.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\">During a campaign stop at a long-held Liberal riding in Ottawa, Horwath said people should know better than vote Liberal by default, saying that would amount to rewarding their \u201cbad behaviour.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\">The New Democrats unveiled their campaign platform Thursday, vowing to raise the corporate tax rate and offer financial help to hydro users, family caregivers and students if they form government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\">The Liberals have criticized the plan, which they said would jeopardize Ontario\u2019s position as the top jurisdiction in North America for direct foreign investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\">Premier Kathleen Wynne also accused the NDP of cribbing part of the Liberals\u2019 spring budget\u2014the same blueprint they rejected, triggering the election.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA\u2014Ontario\u2019s NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is brushing off concerns of vote splitting among left-leaning voters eager to keep the Progressive &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":10604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}