Ontario’s Liberal leader is proposing a four-day workweek.
Steven Del Duca released some of his election platforms at the provincial Liberal’s annual general meeting held on the weekend.
Del Duca says if elected premier, he will launch a pilot project to analyze the potential for a four-day workweek.
“This creative concept is one that allows workers the option, for example, to work the same number of hours over four days instead of five. It’s been examined in other parts of the world, including New Zealand, Japan, Scotland, and Spain and I want us to understand if it has merit here,” says Del Duca.
Del Duca says he will also reinstate the basic income pilot project canceled by the Ford government.
Ontario’s Liberal leader is also proposing changes to how we vote at the polls.
It includes allowing ranked ballots.
“Ranked ballots will mean that parties and leaders will have to compete for voters’ second choices, in addition to their first choices. So it won’t make sense anymore for leaders and parties to demonize one another. Ranked ballots will reward parties that find common ground, and that speaks to voters’ hopes, not their fears.”
Del Duca says he’ll also create a Citizen’s Assembly that will be tasked with recommending other changes to the electoral system.
“Other leaders have promised a lot on electoral reform, and they haven’t delivered. So I want to be clear about how committed I am to this promise. If I don’t deliver electoral reform in my first term, I will resign on the spot and give you back the power to choose someone else.
Del Duca also promises a different approach to the way his party campaigns and governs.
He says it starts by acknowledging the other party leaders have good ideas.
“I’m not afraid to acknowledge that other leaders and parties have good ideas, and I will not be afraid to work across party lines to deliver real progress. Ontarians want solutions, and they don’t care where those solutions come from or who gets the credit.”
Del Duca even applauds Premier Ford, whose leadership he’s criticized, for increased investments in high-speed broadband.
