Ontario’s attorney general is proposing to get rid of fixed election dates in the province, in a bill that would also see the limit for political donations raised to $5,000 and make public funding for political parties permanent.

Doug Downey introduced legislation today to do away with what he calls “American-style” fixed election dates.

Under those rules, enacted about 20 years ago by then-premier Dalton McGuinty, the next provincial vote would have taken place in 2029, but Downey says without them Ontario would be “better positioned to respond to changing circumstances and external threats.”

Even with fixed dates, governments were free to call elections sooner, as Premier Doug Ford did earlier this year when he triggered a vote in February — earlier than the June fixed date — by sayin

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