Canadian provincial leadership elections 2015

[King of Kensington]

I met Ashton once and quite liked him.  He also seems to be more of a "traditional social democrat" - if such a thing exists anymore. 

[King of Kensington]

So, who you all rooting for?

Ashton

[King of Kensington]

ON: Baird endorses Elliott.

Sounds like it's basically a coronation. 

[King of Kensington]

From the point of view of the Ontario Liberals, the PCs are the gift that keeps on giving!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/b-c-conservative-mp-james-lunney-tweets-against-evolution-1.2978984

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mp-cheryl-gallant-s-sex-ed-curriculum-comments-condemned-by-ontario-liberals-1.2978553

[King of Kensington]

Right, but the more attention to the Ontario PC turn to the GOP fringe, the worse.

[King of Kensington]

For whatever reason, the federal Conservatives have done a much better job marginalizing their fringe.

[King of Kensington]

"Progressive" is such a vacuous term.

[King of Kensington]

I take it both the Liberals and NDP would both rather have Patrick Brown leading the PCs.  That's obviously the case for the Liberals.  From an NDP point of view, I can see how having a more moderate PC leader would be better in terms of saying "the Liberals and Tories are exactly the same"; on the other hand, having a less mainstream PC leader could help the ONDP seem a more palatable alternative to the Liberals (Hudak's shift to the hard right certainly helped the uptick in the NDP vote in southwestern Ontario).  

[King of Kensington]

Cohn on Patrick Brown:

http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2015/04/29/how-patrick-brown-could-be-ontarios-next-premier-cohn.html

[King of Kensington]

Watched the debate.  So Patrick Brown thinks Hudak ran as "Liberal lite" last time? 

I learned during this debate that former MPP Joe Tascona is Brown's uncle.  Which means Brown would be the first person of Italian descent to lead a major political party in Ontario.

[King of Kensington]

Kathleen Wynne's preferred candidate.  

Where can I get the riding results?

[King of Kensington]

At one time, Tim Hudack said he would resign his seat once a new leader was chosen.

He said what Bay Street wanted to hear and should do very well in the private sector.

[King of Kensington]

It also seems to confirm our notion that Horwath's base is less socially liberal than Wynne's.

I suppose that explains Jagmeet Singh's statement.

http://www.weeklyvoice.com/community-news/jagmeet-singh-calls-for-parental-inputs-on-sex-ed/

Here's Jagmeet speaking in Panjabi about the sex ed curriculum for about 10 minutes.  Any Panjabi speakers here?  What is he saying?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMGQZSecdFc

[King of Kensington]

I feel like I should have some comment on this, but this was such a coronation that's it hard to really say anything. 

[King of Kensington]

Citizen Kane.