NDP Leader Marit Stiles has narrowly avoided the ignominious fate of Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie.

Stiles garnered just 68 per cent support Saturday from New Democrats at their Niagara Falls convention, better than the 57 per cent that cost Crombie her job last weekend, but hardly a ringing endorsement from party delegates.

Sources, speaking confidentially in order to discuss internal deliberations, had hoped she would clear the 75 per cent threshold.

Still, after huddling with New Democratic MPPs, Stiles announced she would stay on as leader and promised sweeping changes to avoid another electoral loss to Premier Doug Ford’s three-term Progressive Conservatives.

“We cannot run the same election campaign that we ran last time. And I said it and I meant it — that we need to make

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