Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

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Marieke Walsh
@MariekeWalsh

SCOOP: Tory MPP Kinga Surma's dad landed a policy job in a minister's office after Premier Doug Ford came to power last year #onpoli

Well, how about that?

 

[adma]

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[adma]

So, it *does* inch closer and closer...

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Oh look:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1144038696896933893

AoD

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

And...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1144089558751035396

AoD

 

[tiffer24]

Now that's an endorsement...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1144239139505786881

 

[Thinker]

Now that's an endorsement...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1144239139505786881

But does Mr Surma play Lacrosse? Hell, for a 6 figure salary I'll be nice and show up too. Pays to know French & Kinga's tango partner.

 

[PinkLucy]

And all these years we have been told that deals are made on the golf course. We should have been playing lacrosse!

 

[Avenue]

LOL so conservatives don't actually care about saving money or small government and they only sell hatred of minorities solely for personal gain? WHO KNEW?

 

[tiffer24]

So.. only pending appointments to be reviewed.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1144250065613185025

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1144237356037394433

One source aware of the request to find a position for Ms. Surma’s father said: “Dean French said hiring him was important to the Premier.”
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So did Ford order the code red?

AoD

 

[vic]

Who can fault him for doing favours for his future father-in-law? ?

 

[animatronic]

So will this be the start of the end for Douggie? Mainstream media ignored the affair because it was private, but now with the nomination battle and father job there is public money at stake. Expect a lot of newsrooms are working overtime on this right now.

Possible outcomes:

• Blows over and “special relationship” gets ignored
• Body blow / embarrassment for Ford but he survives
• Affair breaks, gets linked back to patronage scandal because now Ford is directly implicated and his party says enough is enough

I’ve said since the beginning that Ford will be the one to do himself in. Will be difficult to move past this - probably won’t be the final blow but it’s a big hit.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

So will this be the start of the end for Douggie? Mainstream media ignored the affair because it was private, but now with the nomination battle and father job there is public money at stake. Expect a lot of newsrooms are working overtime on this right now.

Possible outcomes:

• Blows over and “special relationship” gets ignored
• Body blow / embarrassment for Ford but he survives
• Affair breaks, gets linked back to patronage scandal because now Ford is directly implicated and his party says enough is enough

I’ve said since the beginning that Ford will be the one to do himself in. Will be difficult to move past this - probably won’t be the final blow but it’s a big hit.

I can't imagine how finding a cushy job in the government for your mistress' father** isn't career-ending, but who knows. Important to keep in mind that how disliked he was before the cabinet shuffle last week - and then this.

** TBC

AoD

 

[christiesplits]

It's not surprising that a government that wants to "run government like a business" is so rife with nepotism, given that nepotism is so rampant in the private sector.