Andrea's.giving you a chance to have your say, so if you want her to go to war over this, then that is what you tell her. I think this is a cleaver move on her part. It will put huge pressure on Dalton and if she does vote against the budget it will be because she has the mandate to do so.
I disagree. This is shameless tail-ending by the NDP. Policy-making by opinion poll - and unscientific opinion polling at that. Instead of leading, and educating the voters about what austerity means, the NDP is looking for a way out. They are desperately hoping their little "consultation" will show that Ontarians want the Legislature to "work" and don't want an election, etc. etc. blah blah. Then Horwath can tell us we can't complain, because the opinion polls told her Ontario prefers austerity over democracy.
Never mind that the poor Ontario voters think they have no alternative because the NDP isn't presenting them with one.