We, the undersigned, urge the NDP, Liberals, and Greens to cooperate during the next Ontario provincial election in order to prevent the possibility of the PCs forming another majority government.

The next Ontario election is scheduled for June 4, 2026, however Premier Doug Ford has not ruled out the possibility of an early election call. Recent polling shows the PCs are in a position to win the next provincial election.

Since being elected in 2018, Premier Doug Ford and the PCs have been taking full advantage of holding the majority of seats at Queen’s Park. However - as a result of the broken first-past-the-post system - the PCs do not represent the majority of voters. In the 2022 provincial election, the consequence of the split of progressive votes (27% of eligible votes) between the NDP, the Liberals, and the Greens, was the PCs won a majority - despite receiving the support of only 17% of eligible voters.

What has become clear is the PCs’ priorities fail to address the concerns of the majority of the people of Ontario: the complex multiple crises Ontario is facing, such as affordability, climate, inequitable access to publicly funded healthcare, and the erosion of our democracy. Instead, Doug Ford and the PCs’ record consists of ineffective, often regressive policies and legislation changes, while they’ve been shifting billions of taxpayer dollars into the pockets of private, for-profit entities. The dangers Ontario will face if the PCs win the next provincial election cannot be ignored.

More than ever, Ontario needs strong political leadership committed to taking meaningful, transformative action that addresses these crises. We cannot afford a ‘business as usual’ approach to the next election when public institutions and spaces are teetering on the edge of collapse, and democratic rights are being eroded by this PC government. It is time to recognize the policy distinctions between the NDP, Liberal and Green Parties are negligible compared to the chasm between the PCs’ policies and those of the progressive Parties.

We urge the NDP, Liberal and Green Parties to learn from the success of cooperative strategies utilised by progressives in the recent election in France (and elsewhere in the past), and work together: focus efforts on defeating the PCs instead of competing against each other, and select candidates for the next Ontario provincial election differently.

Specifically, we urge the Parties to identify ridings where PC candidates are vulnerable to a single strong progressive candidate - ridings where votes split between the three progressive parties gave PC candidates a win - and select progressive ‘unity’ candidates to run in each of these ridings. With this cooperative approach, a PC majority can be prevented and current polling indicates the NDP, Liberals and Greens would all gain more seats in the next government than they would with the traditional competitive approach.

It is time for the Liberals, Greens, and NDP to cooperate during the next provincial election. We therefore reiterate our call for the Parties to identify ridings where the PCs are likely to win but not guaranteed - and only run one candidate in opposition.

Sincerely,