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NDP's Andrea Horwath rallies supporters in Guelph

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath made a stop in Guelph Monday afternoon at a rally of supporters.

'Were just going to keep telling Ontarians they can choose change for the better,' Horwath says

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath speaks to supporters at a rally at a brewery in downtown Guelph Monday afternoon. She was joined by Guelph candidate Agnieszka Mlynarz (centre) and Wellington-Halton Hills candidate Diane Ballantyne. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)

With 10 days left in the campaign, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says she's going to keep doing what she's been doing because her message is resonating with voters.

"I'm excited. Ten days left and we're just going to keep telling Ontarians they can choose change for the better this time, they don't have to go from bad to worse," she said during a stop at Brother's Brewing in downtown Guelph Monday afternoon.

"We're just going to keep going."

The rally at a brewery in downtown Guelph saw Horwath list of key points of the NDP platform getting rid of "hallway medicine," reducing hydro ratesand attacking Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford for failing to release a fully-costed platform.

"Folks have been telling us for some time now that they are unhappy with the status quo," she said during the hour-long stop. She was joined by Guelph candidate Agnieszka Mlynarz and Wellington-Halton Hills candidate Diane Ballantyne.

Transit a top issue

Horwath talked about her plan for more transit between cities.

She said she wants to improve the "inter-connectedness of the regional system" and also work with GO Transit and Via Rail. That includes bringing all-day, two-way GO trains to Kitchener.

"What we really need to do is get better at helping people move from community to community," she said.

"We understand that municipalities need some help to boost up their local transit systems, to provide more routes and more frequent buses or services and so we're picking up one half 50 per cent of the operating costs of transit systems as well."