Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

[Videodrome]

Hm, the unraveling happened quicker than I envisioned. Thought they'd at least get to halfway through 2019 before it begun.

Same here. The first by-election should be interesting.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Same here. The first by-election should be interesting.

A by-election must be called within 6 months.

 

[Videodrome]

Now, Simcoe-Grey is a PC stronghold, so if Jim Wilson quits, no flip is possible.

 

[BurlOak]

A by-election must be called within 6 months.

Did Wilson quit??

I think he is still an independent MPP - so no by-election.

 

[steveintoronto]

OMG!

Jim Wilson’s resignation announcement was delayed to protect accuser, Ford says

https://www.thestar.com/politics/pr...was-delayed-to-protect-accuser-ford-says.html

Oh fer shure, eh? Just like Patrick Brown's...

Ford is an expert in treading filth on the carpet. Keep it up Dougie!

Addendum: And now more, and why many of us intuitively sensed something very wrong with "The Yak":

Sister of Ford’s shuffled transport minister represents key stakeholder
By Marieke Walsh. Published on Nov 7, 2018 5:08am

TORONTO — The transportation minister, whom Premier Doug Ford abruptly shuffled to a different cabinet post, has a sister at the top of a key stakeholder and lobby group for the ministry of transportation.


On Monday, Ford shuffled then-transportation minister John Yakabuski to the natural resources and forestry file. So far, the government has given no explanation for the demotion.


On Tuesday, iPolitics learned that Yakabuski’s sister, Marlene Yakabuski, is the president of the Ontario Road Builders’ Association (ORBA). It’s registered to lobby the Ministry of Transportation and bills itself as “the voice of the majority of road-building contractors who build and maintain both provincial and municipal roads, bridges, public transit systems, and core civil infrastructure.”


The group’s mandate falls squarely in the orbit of the transportation department, which is responsible for “improving Ontario’s highway, bridge, and border infrastructure” and “increasing transit ridership.”


Marlene is also the vice-president of corporate affairs at Bot Construction Group. A subsidiary of that company — called Bot Holdings Ltd. — has an outside lobbyist registered to petition the provincial government.
[...]

https://ipolitics.ca/2018/11/07/sis...ransport-minister-represents-key-stakeholder/

This is behind paywall, so I won't post any more of it, but you can access it by opening a fresh page of a browser, copying the title into the blank address bar, and letting Google find it, then click on their link.

 

[JGHali]

How does it protect the accuser to lie about the reasons for the "resignation"? I wonder who the next to fall will be.

 

[Videodrome]

Did Wilson quit??

I think he is still an independent MPP - so no by-election.

For now, anyway. Would he really sit as an independent MPP for nearly four years?

 

[steveintoronto]

Would he really sit as an independent MPP for nearly four years?

He might have to if his wife leaves him...

Now I understand the term: "Clement Whether?" (apologies to 'weather')

 

[Videodrome]

Travis Dhanraj @Travisdhanraj
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@globalnews has learned high-level Queen’s Park staffer John Sinclair has left his role as Executive Director of PC Caucus Services. A spokesperson refused to indicate to @globalnewsto the reason for the sudden departure. #ONpoli

Well now.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Well now.

Hmm, maybe something hit the fan around the membership signups during the leadership contest?

AoD

 

[Videodrome]

https://www.thestar.com/politics/pr...te-texts-by-former-ford-aide-sources-say.html

This is what I expected from a Doug Ford government.

EDIT:

I have to think that the party brass is getting tired of Doug's populist nonsense and wants to run a normal government.

 

[Jasmine18]

Well I do think Ford seems tamer lately than usual so I think there is a battle between Ford Populist vs Traditional Tories.

 

[EagleEye]

Well I do think Ford seems tamer lately than usual so I think there is a battle between Ford Populist vs Traditional Tories.

When he reads from a script, yeah, but you can see him fighting through a lot of the times he talks because he wants to let loose and behave like he did as councillor. I think he realizes that he can't get away with that as Premier.

 

[lenaitch]

When he reads from a script, yeah, but you can see him fighting through a lot of the times he talks because he wants to let loose and behave like he did as councillor. I think he realizes that he can't get away with that as Premier.

In that regard he is very similar to Trump, although not near as gawdawful at it. When they are obviously reading a prepared statement or off the teleprompter, you can see that they are very stilted. I almost feel that once they are out of the public eye after one of those events they jamb their fist through a wall or pummel a stuffed animal.

 

[Videodrome]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/can.../+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links

This isn't suspicious. Not one bit...