Horwath on McGuinty departure

Ontario Liberal party officials will meet this weekend to decide when they can hold a leadership convention to replace premier Dalton McGuinty.

The party’s rules allow six months to hold a leadership convention, but sources say the executive invoked what’s known as an “electoral urgency” clause to shorten that time frame. And with the prorogation, the province is on hold – but opposition leaders say there’s no reason to stop the work of the legislature, saying it could and should continue while the Liberals have a leadership race. Yesterday we spoke with PC leader Tim Hudak about McGuinty’s resignation and the prorogation; earlier this evening we spoke with NDP leader Andrea Horwath.