Conservative dirty tricks
Timmy Hudak, democrat
For months – and going back to the recruitment of Benedict Baldy – I’ve been hearing from Ontario Conservatives who are livid about the way Ontario PC “leader” Tim Hudak has been dealing with the party’s grassroots. In his mad scramble to recruit “star” candidates, Hudak has linked up with some very shady characters, and stomped all over the democracy he once promised to uphold.
This Star story suggests that some of these Ontario Cons are now giving voice to their dissatisfaction. This could get interesting, as they say.
“What about the people who work hard for years to win a nomination fair and square?”
“What about the people who work hard for years to win a nomination fair and square?”
McGuinty and Israel
Enjoy this tweet, Hudak big tobacco lobbyist(s)
“@cemorley: Today @OntLiberal’s introduced a law to ban the dirty tricks that prevented Ontarians from voting in the federal election. #onpoli”
Email of the year
Just received, from a well-known Lib who shall remain nameless:
“Anyone notice that al-Qaeda named an interim leader faster than us?”
Alf Apps: for the love of God, go
Bottom line: RESIGN, ALF APPS. WE CAN’T REBUILD UNTIL YOU’RE GONE.
And if he won’t resign, fire him.
Great news!
Judicial recount confirms Liberal win in Winnipeg North: Elections Canada (Recount-Winnipeg)
Source: The Canadian Press
May 17, 2011 11:12
OTTAWA – Elections Canada says a judicial recount has confirmed the election victory of Liberal Kevin Lamoureux in Winnipeg North.
In the election night count, Lamoureux finished with a 45-vote lead over New Democrat Rebecca Blaikie.
The judicial recount reduced Lamoureux’s margin to 44 votes, giving him 9,097 to Blaikie’s 9,053.
Lamoureux first won the riding in a byelection last November.
The recount leaves the Liberals with 34 seats, the NDP with 103 and the Tories 166, along with four Bloc MPs and Elizabeth May of the Greens.
Two more recounts are pending in southern Ontario.
INDEX: NATIONAL POLITICS
Randy Denley in his own words: stuff on which we agree
- “People will rightly look to PC Leader Tim Hudak for guidance, since his party is leading in the polls. So far, there isn’t much to see. Hudak’s comment that he is consulting “moms and dads and small-business owners” is just inane.” December 10, 2010
- “Some have idly suggested Watson wanted out of Queen’s Park for fear the Liberal reign there was coming to an end, though that’s unlikely given the invisible far-right performance of Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak.” July 28, 2010
- “PC leader Tim Hudak has helped McGuinty by presenting himself as a cartoon character.” May 6, 2010
- “…Tim Hudak’s tactics in opposing the [HST] plan have been juvenile and ineffective. Hudak plays politics like the Ottawa Senators’ Chris Neil plays hockey. There’s lots of banging and crashing, but not much to show on the scoreboard.” December 7, 2009
- “New Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak managed to grab some media attention in his first couple of days on the job, which is pretty important considering that most people have probably never heard of him. Too bad what he had to say was the predictable, kneejerk stuff one has come to expect from opposition leaders…The role of official pest has to be balanced by something of substance, and Hudak has a lot of work to do there.” June 30, 2009