The Ontario 2018 election thread
02-06-2018, 02:44 PM (This post was last modified: 02-06-2018, 03:45 PM by robkelk.)
02-06-2018, 02:44 PM (This post was last modified: 02-06-2018, 03:45 PM by robkelk.)
A bit of background: A couple of weeks ago, the leader of Ontario's relatively-right-wing party, the Progressive Conservatives (yeah, I know - what a name) resigned because of allegations of sexual impropriety. This means the PC party needs a new leader, less than six months before the next general election.
Guess who's tossed his hat into the ring? Doug Ford, brother of deceased Toronto ex-mayor Rob Ford. (Yes, that Rob Ford.) And he's taken more than a few pages from Trump's playbook...
As of this posting, his opponents are Christine Elliott (who's tried to grab the brass ring twice so far and failed both times), and Caroline Mulroney (who's never run for office before this election but has name recognition as the daughter of a former Prime Minister).
The centrist Liberal party was doing poorly in the opinion polls, but with an opponent in disarray (nobody thinks the left-wing New Democratic Party has a chance), they might win another term in Government after all.
Whoever said that politics is a good spectator sport should be happy to be watching this race. I have to live with the result.
Guess who's tossed his hat into the ring? Doug Ford, brother of deceased Toronto ex-mayor Rob Ford. (Yes, that Rob Ford.) And he's taken more than a few pages from Trump's playbook...
As of this posting, his opponents are Christine Elliott (who's tried to grab the brass ring twice so far and failed both times), and Caroline Mulroney (who's never run for office before this election but has name recognition as the daughter of a former Prime Minister).
The centrist Liberal party was doing poorly in the opinion polls, but with an opponent in disarray (nobody thinks the left-wing New Democratic Party has a chance), they might win another term in Government after all.
Whoever said that politics is a good spectator sport should be happy to be watching this race. I have to live with the result.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Forever neighbours, never neighbors
Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Forever neighbours, never neighbors