All Entries Tagged With: "National Post"
NP Election Panel: Forget About The Mayor’s Chair
The Post’s municipal election panel turns their attention away from the mayoral horserace to look at some of the more interesting local races: Furey on Ward 19 There is no greater symbol of clannish politics than the Layton cabal’s attempts to stranglehold municipal politics. We see this in Jack’s unashamed history of consistently running for [...]
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 [...]
Corcoran: Smitherman Is A Left-Wing Trojan Horse
The National Post’s Terence Corcoran offers a very blunt assessment of what Toronto residents can expect from George Smtherman if elected: “Looking at Mr. Smitherman’s record and his policy agenda, it’s hard to find ideas that reflect anything that promise conservative change or any change at all. On the contrary, the man’s record betrays him [...]
National Post: Rob Ford Is The Best Choice or Toronto
The National Post Editorial Board endorses mayoral candidate Rob Ford as well as giving some advice on how to chose your councillor: Policy-wise, Toronto very much needs a proverbial bull in the china shop. A great many precious, expensive things at City Hall need shattering: the fair-wage policy that ensures the city can’t contract out [...]
There Are 37 Other People Running For Mayor. Seriously
The National Post offers a piece profiling the lesser known (and in many cases the most colourful) candidates running for mayor of Toronto: The other Rocco Rocco Achampong is an articulate lawyer who moved to the top of the second-tier of candidates but could make it no farther. Some believe he could have been a [...]
NP Political Panel: Goldsbie Will Hate Himself No Matter How He Votes
A special edition of the National Post election panel chronicles Jonathan Goldsbie’s struggle to decide who to vote for: Goldsbie Vote for Ford. No, seriously. They’ll never see it coming. A Ford mayoralty is the left’s best opportunity to retain control of council and set a progressive agenda. Even Ford accepts the only way he [...]
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 [...]
Gurney: In Many Ways, The Best Choice Has Left The Race
Matt Gurney writes in the Nationa Post that he hopes that voters of Toronto will see former mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi again: “Now that he is gone, I hope he sticks around and continues to build on his newly established name recognition. Whoever wins the upcoming vote, Toronto is likely to find itself desperately in [...]
Faster Response To Residents A Key In Ward 18
The Globe and Mail places a spotlight on the hard-fought battle being waged in Ward 18 between candidates looking to replace retiring councillor Adam Giambrone: “While some voters might recognize candidates Frank de Jong, former leader of the Green Party of Ontario, and to a lesser degree, Hema Vyas, a community and women’s activist, the [...]
The Contenders: Rob Ford — Agenda Setter
The National Post complete their mayoral candidate profiles by exploring the personal history and policy platform of frontrunner Rob Ford: “City Hall insiders long treated Rob Ford as comic relief. His was the grating voice of dissent in the Miller years, standing up at budget time: Why do councillors need golf passes? Why do they [...]
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. [...]
NP Election Panel: Framing The Ford Debate
The National Post Municipal Election Panel features a debate on the “Anyone-But-Ford” movement and whether it deserves the attention it currently enjoys: Furey: I think many people did ignore his issues and did so for a long time. The lone gunman theory of political science suggests that you need to listen most closely to the [...]
National Post: The Vacant Wards
The National Post examines the various ward races across Toronto where there is no incumbent running for re-election: “Statistically, given the public’s rush to the right, the chances are that these open ward races should probably produce candidates that are right of centre that could balance power in favour of a Ford or programs that [...]
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 [...]
It’s Just Me vs. Ford: Smitherman
While meeting with the National Post Editorial Board, mayoral candidate George Smitherman continued to insist that the October vote is really down to himself and opponent Rob Ford: “Mr. Smitherman told the National Post’s editorial board on Tuesday that he’s personally not pressuring anyone else to bow out. But when the conversation shifted to a [...]
Pantalone Aims To Protect ‘Nice City’
Mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone met with members of the National Post Editorial Board to talk about how he plans to protect and expand much of the work of the last seven years: “I was, frankly, fearful they were going to screw up my city,” said Mr. Pantalone, 58. “I start with the idea we have [...]
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 [...]
