Indeed. During the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s there was a notable Italian New Democrat contingent in northwest Toronto. Yet in the last election the NDP came in third in the Italian homeowner sections of Eglinton-Lawrence, York South-Weston, York Centre and HBRC (the NDP won in the big apartment neighborhoods around Weston-Mount Dennis, Jane-Finch etc.) Meanwhile, two Italian Canadian Liberals, Mike Colle and Laura Albanese, saw their voting bases bleed to Ford and the Conservatives.
The Italian community has moved to the right. Woodbridge had the lowest NDP vote share in all of Ontario. And even with Del Duca getting the "strategic vote" he was still crushed by Michael Tibollo in the last election who got over 50% of the vote.