THE WRAP-UP | Fighting for a Better Ontario with NDP Leader Marit Stiles
In this episode, we sit down with Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP and Leader of the Official Opposition.
The episode will stream live on YouTube at 7:00PM ET on Sunday, December 7 and drop on podcast platforms at 6:00AM the following morning.
In this episode, we sit down with Marit Stiles, Leader of the Ontario NDP and Leader of the Official Opposition, for a wide-ranging conversation about the 2025 election, the party’s fall agenda, and what it will take to build a government ready to deliver for working people. Here’s a sneak preview:
We discuss Stiles’ reflections on her first general election as leader, what she learned from voters across the province, and why she believes the NDP must build a true “culture of winning” to earn the confidence of Ontarians. She talks about the changes she’s made inside her office, why she brought in experienced strategists from NDP governments across the country, and how the party plans to show it’s ready to govern.
We also dig into the party’s work in the Legislature this fall — from cataloguing the Ford government’s ongoing scandals to proposing legislation aimed at helping families struggling with the cost of living. Stiles reflects on the NDP’s visibility in a crowded media environment and the headlines that followed her removal from the Chamber.
We explore the province’s worsening job market, Stiles’ criticism of Doug Ford as a “jobs disaster,” and what she sees as the untold story of the Premier’s economic record. She outlines the accountability reforms an NDP government would bring forward and the party’s approach to fixing the province’s housing crisis after years of Conservative dysfunction.
Topics include:
Ontario NDP • Marit Stiles • Doug Ford • 2025 Ontario election • Official Opposition • jobs crisis • Skills Development Fund • government ethics • accountability reforms • housing affordability • RCMP Greenbelt investigation • provincial politics 2025 • Ontario Legislature • cost of living • political strategy
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