When Ontario Liberals start campaigning on Premier Doug Ford’s promises, you know provincial politics have taken a strange turn. Stranger still, Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie this week promised to cut taxes, not exactly the lane Liberals typically occupy.

That said, Crombie’s promise to cut income taxes for the middle class and take the provincial sales tax off home hydro and home heating bills was a politically savvy move. As an affordability measure, Crombie’s tax promises compare favourably to Ford’s recent, gimmicky plan to give every Ontario taxpayer $200. Even the Canadian Taxpayers Federation has applauded Crombie’s move.