Wynne’s concession isn’t brave, it’s a clumsy cop-out

The right and bold thing for Wynne to have done would have been to vacate her leadership long before this election.

For Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to all of a sudden say to her Liberal teammates and fans in the third period of their most important game that she is done is a betrayal of her side, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

June 6, 2018

OTTAWA—Kathleen Wynne’s election concession some five days before Ontarians vote in their June 7 provincial election was the latest bizarre twist in Ontario’s crazy year of politics. Some members of Wynne’s team are framing this as a great selfless act that will liberate local candidates fro...

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