Most progressives realize that civil rights are not permanent in of themselves outside of those protected by the Charter or legal precedent, the latter of which has the possibility of being challenged and overruled in a future court verdict. As an example, one of the genuinely good things that Wynne's government did (technically it was proposed by an NDP MPP but I digress) was pass legislation banning conversion therapy in Ontario. While that is fantastic, there is nothing to prevent a Ford-led majority from automatically repealing it and thus making that torture legal again or bringing back the abortion debate, the latter of which is entirely possible given Doug Ford's previous comments and the support he's received from Ontario's religious right as a result of the debate over sex-ed. Put another way, the following are among several policies that on June's ballot:
-Universal Income
-The $15 wage
-Public transportation
-Global warming (The carbon tax)
-Further privatization of public utilities
-Indigenous rights and relations
-Opioid epidemic
-The general perception of Ontario as a good place to start one's business with a guy who tells the parents of an autistic child to "go to hell" and accuses them of being a jihad
All of these will be substantially affected with a Ford-led majority government since I sincerely doubt we'll see Doug continuing to make strides towards implementing a UBI program in Ontario or do anything to combat the opioid epidemic. There's a lot for one to consider when voting in the next election, especially if one lives in a highly competitive riding.
