There are two provincial byelections today in the Ottawa and Niagara areas, where soaring electricity rates have been a central issue in the campaigns.
Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown calls Ottawa-Vanier the safest Liberal seat in Ontario, and says if the Tories come close it'll show the Liberal government no longer has the confidence of the public.
Brown insists he's not downplaying expectations for the high-profile Tory candidate in Ottawa-Vanier, former provincial ombudsman Andre Marin, who he says led the charge against high electricity rates.
He says if Marin comes within 10 points of Liberal Nathalie Des Rosiers "it'll be embarrassing" for Premier Kathleen Wynne and her government.
Sam Oosterhoff, the 19-year-old PC candidate in Niagara West-Glanbrook, says people are angry about rising electricity rates and the giant industrial wind turbines now scattered throughout the riding.
Liberal candidate Vicki Ringuette insists she wasn't hearing complaints from voters about hydro rates, and mocked Oosterhoff by saying she at least has paid an electricity bill.
Premier Kathleen Wynne says the government realizes the cost of electricity has been a burden for people across the province, but she's not sure how the issue will play in today's byelections.
Brown calls Niagara West-Glanbrook a swing riding, but the Tories have held it since 1995, longer than their candidate has been alive.