Queen’s Park, Toronto — Benson Kua (2010)
La course à la direction du PLO 2026
Course à la direction 2026
L’engagement pour le renouveau du parti — cinq engagements que nous demandons à chaque candidat·e à la direction du Parti libéral de l’Ontario de signer.
Traduction française à venir. L’engagement ci-dessous est pour l’instant disponible en anglais.
The New Leaf Liberals are a group of Ontario Liberals who came together to advocate for a stronger Ontario Liberal Party. We recently released The Path Forward: Our Vision for the Ontario Liberal Party, and have asked all the OLP Leadership Candidates for their signature on the following pledge to renew our party:
The New Leaf Pledge for Party Renewal
If elected Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, I pledge to:
- Empower the members. Building a party in which members are consistently informed about what the party is doing in their name, routinely consulted on policy, and given real channels to identify local issues and shape the Party's direction. Every Ontario Liberal will have a path to grow within the OLP — from first-time volunteer to PLA executive or candidate.
- Empower the PLAs and Regions. Building a Party in which every PLA — in strongholds and in ridings the Party has never held — is equipped with the tools, and provided the training, and central support to lead in its community year-round. PLAs will have access to modern and effective tools available for communicating, sharing best practices, and collecting local insights. PLAs will have real insight into and ability to shape the party organization's direction, and our governing bodies will operate on predictable, supported schedules that let members plan around them.
- Move towards openness by default in Party communications. Regular published updates to members on central decisions, including the reasoning behind them. Better year-round member communications covering strategy, outreach results, and internal improvements — not just election-time contact.
- Grow Operational Excellence in an Accountable Party Organization. Building a Party organization that continually improves its operations and is transparent with and accountable to the Provincial Council and the membership. Operational excellence, modern tooling, professional staffing, and transparent fundraising will be the standard; constitutional change will be less mediated and more open; Party policy and our plan for Ontario will be a consensus, not a decree.
- Develop Modern and Localized Outreach and prioritize our People. Prioritize hiring paid field roles and adding more formal volunteer roles. Develop and nurture our talent. Without our members, and by extension our volunteers and staff - we can't deliver the change in government we need so desperately in Ontario.
Signataires
Navdeep Bains
Leadership candidate
N'a pas signé.
Stephanie Bowman
Leadership candidate
There are great ideas across our party, and reform should be a conversation that brings those voices together. We will not agree on every idea, but it is the job of a leader to listen to diverse voices, find common ground, and work together on a plan that will give our local organizations the support they need to win. We all share the same goal: building a stronger Ontario Liberal Party and a better Ontario. We need to build our future the same way we want to build our Province — together. If elected leader, I will make sure we leverage the skills and talents of our members, to make sure there are meaningful opportunities in every part of Ontario for them to be involved, and to use their voice to shape the future of our party.
Lee Fairclough
Leadership candidate
I believe the voice of every Ontario Liberal matters and that supporting every Ontario Liberal makes us stronger. Openness, transparency, and local empowerment to connect with communities: that is what it will take to bring change to Ontario.
Eric Lombardi
Leadership candidate
The Ontario Liberal Party needs to become a more open, ambitious and confident organization, willing to take risks, test ideas in public and give members the time and opportunity to genuinely contribute. We should use the talent of our volunteers better, empower ridings, invest in technological and operational excellence, and get much better at identifying and communicating the messages that can build a Liberal coalition across every part of Ontario. I admire the work New Leaf Liberals have put into pushing for a generational renewal of our party and that's why I'm thrilled to sign the pledge.
Dylan Marando
Leadership candidate
To win the next election, we must demonstrate that we are a renewed Ontario Liberal Party, grounded in the values of past governments and guided by a new generation of leaders. We must unite around a shared commitment to empower our members, grow our party, and restore competency to Queen's Park.