I asked a few friends and co-workers about the election. Most of them had no idea there was an election being held right now. The ones that did had no idea who was running besides Ford.

One even told me that our local riding only has a Conservative candidate so there’s nobody else. Our riding actually has 6 candidates. They thought there was only one candidate because they’ve only seen his campaign signs and nobody else’s.

Ontarians are truly apathetic. I think a big part of that comes from people not knowing what powers the premier has. If people realized the premier controls things like healthcare, labour standards, and public transportation they might care a bit more. Ford has done so little, and blamed the federal government for so much, that I think people assume the position is equivalent to Mayor of Toronto.

Petitions like these are why I’m glad the government doesn’t listen to petitions. Who does this help? What does this accomplish? It’s asinine and petty. I really don’t want citizenship to depend on upvotes.

Ah, the classic. Occuse your opponent of doing the thing you do so it looks like both sides are the same.

I left a job that required a college education and professional licence to work in a factory and it has been amazing. I feel like I was lied to. People told me go to school and get a job with a fancy title, but the pay was terrible and my bosses were worse.

People have done blue collar work dirty. I get paid more now than at my fancy job and my bosses treat me with respect because of the work union. The only difference is the reaction you get when you tell people your job title. I’d rather money and respect than a fancy title.

I don’t want to make this political

• Woman who was part of a political campaign