Canada General Discussion

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Yeah, I'm a little poll fatigued at the moment.

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Update on Fordgate: (Crackgate?)

Ford fired his chief of staff yesterday, apparently because he told Ford to "Go To Rehab".

Lovin' this.

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Back to Crackgate. Ford held a press conference this afternoon stating "I do not use crack". Note the present tense in that statement

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Ford plan: Deny everything and hope the video isn't released.

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Also, the executive council of Toronto, appointed by the mayor doesn't seem to support him anymore.

And Tyrone Benskin (NDP, Jeanne-Le Ber) was excluded from shadow cabinet after Mulcair learned in news than he didn't pay his provincial taxes between 2007 and 2011. He blamed it on being an artist and having no money to pay.

Dude, come on. All the poors in regular jobs managed to to pay their taxes and survive.

I only report what he said, it's not my opinion.

Well, to be fair, many "poors" don't pay taxes for much the same reason.

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Update on Fordgate: (Crackgate?)

Ford fired his chief of staff yesterday, apparently because he told Ford to "Go To Rehab".


Lovin' this.

The Mayor responded by saying: " No no no."

Funny, yes, but you're not the only one to think of that

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Straight out of Breaking Bad.

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Wonder if the Ford camp bought the tape?

This is terrible news.

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Wonder if the Ford camp bought the tape?

This is terrible news.

The truth must be known. And for Ford's own health, this video needs to surface. He needs help.

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Ford on the radio now: http://www.newstalk1010.com/player.aspx

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Not sure if you were being sarcastic, but that's the thing. The Globe is not a left wing paper. At best it's centrist, and a hack like me would usually describe it as a right wing rag.

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Not sure if you were being sarcastic, but that's the thing. The Globe is not a left wing paper. At best it's centrist, and a hack like me would usually describe it as a right wing rag.

I think that was one of the most obvious cases of sarcasm I have seen on this forum.

*re reads* pfft yeah, you're right.  Problems with reading after just waking up...

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Ford's Press Secretary and Deputy Press Secretary have resigned.

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Gawker hit it's goal even though they've lost contact with the dealer.


And maybe the dealer who has the phone obtained it by killing the original owner, or so is the current rumors.  Toronto police seem to be involved in the hunt now.

Is this a recent killing or that guy in the Ford picture?

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Henry Morgentaler has died.

Social conservatives celebrating? (Probably, and if so, ahh the irony)

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OLP has a big 416 lead.

Bad, bad news. I wonder if this whole Ford mess is hurting the provincial PCs?

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No, he's not guilty at all

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Apparently Ford's poll numbers had hit rock bottom long before the Crack issue, as evidenced by a new poll: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/05/27/mayor_rob_fords_popularity_unaffected_by_drug_allegations_and_denials_poll_finds.html

He would lose to Olivia Chow 56-36 in the next election.  And here I thought more than 1 in 3 Torontonians were morons.

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This one's a doozy: "In a three-way contest between the mayor, Chow, and radio host John Tory, Chow wins with 42 per cent of the vote to about 27 per cent for Ford and 24 per cent for Tory."

LOL John Tory is such an epic fail that he is polling lower than Ford. When Conservatives are given the option to vote for a sane conservative, they still pick Ford over the fail boat captain.

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Ford's staff is down to 12 and that includes 3 recent hires:

David Price--family friend
Brandon Croskerry--27 year old singer-songwriter
JC Hasko-- 21-year-old Don Bosco Eagles assistant football coach and a personal trainer

Oh well, it's not like Toronto is a major city or anything.

LOL. Who is the 2nd person?

Thankfully, PCs are dropping Doug Ford- or more precisely, not clearing the field for him.

If it's not just partisan BS, I applaud the way the Tories nominate candidates, by not parachuting them it, etc. Having said that, it would be hilarious if Doug Ford won the nomination. He's probably still very popular in his riding...

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More crack gate developments: http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/posted-toronto/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/30/rob-ford-crack-drama-takes-a-surreal-turn-on-dixon-road

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Interesting write up by Nate Silver of all people as to why Canada hasn't won the Stanley Cup in 20 years: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/why-cant-canada-win-the-stanley-cup/?smid=tw-fivethirtyeight&seid=auto

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I'm with the Blues, I guess.

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We definitely need to improve our Maritime bench in 2015. Truth be told I have my doubts MacKay even runs when the time comes, for fairly obvious reasons.

Doesn't he want to be leader?

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In more immediate news, redistribution could cause some intra-Tory battles, particularly in Alberta.

There'll be plenty of seats to go around, since there'll be an increase in seats. It just means some MPs might end up running in ridings that don't correspond well to their previous ridings.