So, rather than wait for someone else to answer the question, "What kind of Ontario do you want?" - do you have any tips for the ONDP? Or are you just waiting?
First I say with respect, it is the job of the party (especially one that forces an election) to articulate that and for each voter to listen, question and choose.
You won't like this, Sean, but I stopped reading after that first sentence. I promise to read the rest. But when I quit the NDP long ago, it was not just because of its rejection of socialism (Waffle) and of the right of Québec to self-determination - it was primarily because the voice of the membership, via convention or otherwise, was an inconvenient obstacle to getting things done.
So no. It's not the "job of the party". The party, in this case, has proven its ineptitude and betrayal. It's the job of the people. Like every other job in the world. If the party and its Glorious Leader and Sacred Inner Circle can't come up with anything better than Horwath's heresy, then sweep them away and move on.
I will read the rest of your post. I do promise. But let's get things straight right from the outset.
ETA: Oh and Sean - when you have a moment, please explain to me why Horwath dropped the ONDP's Ontario Retirement Plan the instant Wynne adopted it, and why she unilaterally, without explanation of any kind, dropped the corporate tax hike from 2.5 to 1% on May 22 - thus proving that she could easily drop it to 0% without hearing a peep of protest from her mindless cheerleaders (increasingly few in number, thank God).
Any explanation of that? Does Horwath owe anyone an explanation? or does the leadership come with Divine Right to Rule and Infallibility attached??