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Tonight on Village Media's new daily podcast: Ontario's Liberal leader concedes that 'mistakes were made' during the last election, but she has every intention of steering her party into the next campaign.

Bonnie Crombie acknowledges that “mistakes were made” during the last provincial election, but the Liberal leader insists she is the best person to steer her party into the next campaign — whenever that happens to be.

Crombie — who faces a mandatory leadership review at next month’s annual general meeting of the Ontario Liberal Party — has faced some recent heat from fellow Liberals, including former leadership rival Nate Erskine-Smith.

Although party rules demand that a leader receive support from more than 50 per cent of delegates in order to stay on the job, Erskine-Smith says Crombie should resign if she doesn’t garner at least two-thirds. 

During an interview with Village Media’s new Closer Look podcast, Crombie would not specify how much support is enough for her. But she insisted she is "not going anywhere.”

“I’m here to say we have listened, we acknowledge mistakes were made, and we are prepared to rebuild and revitalize and move forward together,” she told the podcast. “We need to be united against our common opponent, not against each other.”

You can watch Crombie’s full interview in the video clip above.

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