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Ted Hsu's pitch to lead the Ontario Liberal Party

August 03, 2023 The Trillium Season 1 Episode 7
Ted Hsu's pitch to lead the Ontario Liberal Party
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The Trill
Ted Hsu's pitch to lead the Ontario Liberal Party
Aug 03, 2023 Season 1 Episode 7
The Trillium

Physicist, financier, father ... and future premier? 

Ted Hsu's banking that his past experience in and out of politics will catapult him to the top of Ontario Liberal leadership contestants. 

The Kingston and the Islands MPP is also no stranger to navigating a third party out of the wilderness. He was the riding's MP when the federal Liberal Party went from a distant third in the 2011 election to a huge majority in 2015. 

He joined the pod to talk about the state of the provincial party, the ongoing leadership race, what learned — and what the provincial party can learn — from the federal Liberal's rebirth.

We also touch on energy policy (he's the party's energy critic, after all) including why he doesn't think Ontario should get back into providing tax credits for electric vehicles and if there's been a sea change in offshore wind politics.

If you have any podcast feedback — including guest suggestions or tips — email aidan@thetrillium.ca 

"Lost in Translation" theme music by Wendy Marcini and Elvin Vangaurd.

Show Notes

Physicist, financier, father ... and future premier? 

Ted Hsu's banking that his past experience in and out of politics will catapult him to the top of Ontario Liberal leadership contestants. 

The Kingston and the Islands MPP is also no stranger to navigating a third party out of the wilderness. He was the riding's MP when the federal Liberal Party went from a distant third in the 2011 election to a huge majority in 2015. 

He joined the pod to talk about the state of the provincial party, the ongoing leadership race, what learned — and what the provincial party can learn — from the federal Liberal's rebirth.

We also touch on energy policy (he's the party's energy critic, after all) including why he doesn't think Ontario should get back into providing tax credits for electric vehicles and if there's been a sea change in offshore wind politics.

If you have any podcast feedback — including guest suggestions or tips — email aidan@thetrillium.ca 

"Lost in Translation" theme music by Wendy Marcini and Elvin Vangaurd.