The Ontario Liberals won a majority June 12, making Kathleen Wynne the province's first elected female premier and Canada's first elected openly gay premier.
MetroNews.ca noted that this win is the Liberals' fourth consecutive win and was accomplished despite multiple accusations of corruption the entire campaign.
Wynne first concern is to pass her $130-billion, left-leaning spring budget, The Toronto Star reported. "I'm very eager," Wynne told reporters outside her office after meeting Lieutenant-Governor David Onley to set the legislature's return for July 2 with a new cabinet from a Liberal caucus that is 11 members larger.
Wynne acknowledged "challenges" surrounding the province's finances as the economy recovers and her promise to eliminate the deficit by 2018, which Conservatives say will require deep cuts in spending she did not trumpet on the campaign trail.
On a related note, CBC journalist Robert Fisher has apologized for twice saying during a live broadcast that being lesbian is a "lifestyle choice," GlobalNews.ca noted. "What I meant to tell people was that she had chosen to make sure that she was out and that everybody knew she was out. She never hid this issue," he said.