All Entries Tagged With: "Chris Selley"
Selley: City Has Spoken, And It Is Angry
The National Post’s Chris Selley offers his take on the Toronto election results and what politicans should take from them: “Whatever happens over the next four years, this election sent a hugely important message to Canadian politicians: Ignore voter anger at your peril. If you think voters shouldn’t be angry, make your case early and [...]
Post: Last Words On The Way To The Ballot Box
The National Post gathers together its municipal pundits to offer their final thoughts to voters on the eve of Monday’s vote: Anthony Furey “This campaign year has taught us just how bankrupt on principles the left has become. When the citizens want subways, Joe Pantalone commits to investing in underground streetcars. When we want to [...]
Selley: Unopened Root Beer Sums Up Ford Candidacy
The National Post’s Chris Selley uses an interesting metaphor – a can of root beer – to summarize the candidacy of Rob Ford: “You could compare the task facing Mr. Ford’s minders to opening a pressurized soft drink container. You’re thirsty, but you’re never 100% sure what’s going to happen until you loosen the lid. [...]
Selley: Smitherman’s New Saviour — Trudeau
National Post columnist Chris Selley notes the appearance of Montreal-area MP Justin Trudeau in the mayoral race, which may not be a good thing for George Smitherman: “Still, inviting someone with the surname Trudeau into your political life is to invite at least some risk. In recent weeks, Mr. Smitherman has been piling on the [...]
Selley: Mr. Pantalone, It’s Time To Pick Your Poison
Chris Selley believes that the current situation in the mayoral race makes a strong argument for electoral reform, so voters would not have to vote strategically: “But as much as he has to drop out, Mr. Pantalone shouldn’t have to. He’s running for office, which is an honourable thing to do. Imagine if his supporters [...]
NP Political Panel: Picking Over The Bones On The Campaign Trail
The National Post’s Political Panel analyzes why former candidate Rocco Rossi never gained significant ground: Goldsbie Shortly after Rocco Rossi announced his withdrawal from the mayor’s race on Wednesday night, Chris Tweeted, “No idea why he didn’t catch on.” To which my response is: Are you effing kidding me? Rossi entered the campaign as a [...]
Selley: Rob Ford And The Real Issues
The Post’s Chris Selley reports on the positive reception mayoral candidate Rob Ford received in one of the cities “priority neighbourhoods”, Jane and Finch: “One of the biggest cheers Mr. Ford got was when he said he’d hand rental subsidies directly to their recipients and let them live wherever they want, instead of leaving them [...]
NP Election Panel: What, There Are 44 Other Races?
The National Post’s municipal political panel turns its attention from the mayoral race to the hotly contested local races: Selley The most symbolic race has to be in Ward 32. With apologies to Kyle Rae and his $12,000 retirement party, Sandra Bussin, of all the councillors, may have done the most to contribute to the [...]
Selley: Rossi Promises Private-Sector Garbage, Public-Sector Peace
Chris Selley offers his take on mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi’s latest proposal on unions and labour contract issues: “The reannouncement is clearly designed to play off Mr. Rossi’s purported new bona fides — which have yet to be tested by the pollsters, let alone the voters — as the candidate of common sense, non-sugar-coated solutions. [...]
Selley: Rossi A Stronger Candidate Than Polls Indicate
The Post’s Chris Selley likes mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi’s fiscal plan, but isn’t sure that it’s going to make a difference: “Maybe Mr. Rossi is just flat-out wrong in saying the people want a political outsider in the mayor’s office. Maybe it’s the fact that Mr. Smitherman noticeably loosened up once it became clear he [...]
Selley: George Smitherman — The Anyone But Ford Candidate
Chris Selley leaves his editorial board meeting with George Smitherman, who spent a lot of time trying to convince everyone it is a two-person race: “Mr. Smitherman talks very fast and very loud. You can picture him yelling at people: city councillors, do-nothing bureaucrats, intergovernmental affairs ministers. That is, you can see him yelling at [...]
NP Election Panel: Is Toronto’s Electoral System Fair?
The weekly instalment of the National Post Municipal Election Panel takes a look at how Toronto elects its councillors and mayor: “GOLDSBIE: This very real conundrum is principally a function of an electoral system that (unlike many cities in the United States and elsewhere) does not include runoffs, preferential ballots, or even primaries — mechanisms [...]
Rob Ford Meets With National Post Ed Board
The National Post features full coverage of their meeting with mayoral candidate Rob Ford to discuss his election policies and council record. Peter Kuitenbrouwer leads it off: “Mr. Ford doesn’t get along with the current mayor, David Miller, but the two men do share at least one trait: they play pretty fast and loose with [...]
NP Election Panel: Mike Harris Becomes An Election Issue
This week’s instalment of the National Post’s municipal election panel features a discussion on former Premier Mike Harris becoming a talking point in the 2010 election: “Goldsbie: As a cultural icon and as a political leader, Mike Harris was like George W. Bush, except without command of an army and with just enough intelligence to [...]
NP Political Panel: The Union Kiss Of Death?
This week’s instalment of the National Post’s municipal election panel has the three talking about the role of unions in this October’s election: Goldsbie: Do union members really vote as homogeneously as all that? I dunno. But I like how Rossi and Thomson insist on having it both ways — repeatedly deploying deliberately divisive rhetoric [...]
NP Election Panel: Pantalone’s Lonely Food Plan
The National Post’s Municipal Election Panel takes a closer look at mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone’s plan to increase “food prosperity”: “SELLEY: If Mayor Joe wants more food grown in Toronto, then he should loosen whatever restrictions there currently are on it and let the communities sort it out. Would that happen? Please. There isn’t a [...]
Selley: The Unsinkable Rob Ford
The National Post’s Chris Selley suggests that if drug and alcohol abuse can’t stop the likes of B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell or opponent George Smitherman, it shouldn’t stop Ford either: “Cumulatively, eventually, these foibles, and especially his talent for not owning up to them until absolutely necessary, are quite likely to keep him out of [...]
