All Entries Tagged With: "Peter Kuitenbrouwer"
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 [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Representation From The Outside
The Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer notes that a full 13 members of council do not live in the ward that they represent: “Perhaps the most creative spin on not living in one’s ward goes to Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti (York West), who represents the city’s northwest, ranging to the north border of Toronto on Steeles Avenue, but [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: From Brunei to B.C. to Bloor
The National Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer profiles Ward 27 council candidate Ken Chan – a former police officer and advisor to London mayor Boris Johnson: “His government work in both Toronto and London has inspired Mr. Chan to think big thoughts about reshaping Toronto. He wants to reform council by having some members elected at large, [...]
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 [...]
The Contenders: Joe Pantalone — Class Warrior
The Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer grabs a latte with mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone to talk about his life, his record and his ideas for Toronto: “Mr. Pantalone’s loyalty to unions also comes from his upbringing. His father, who immigrated at age 50, got work out of a hiring hall, which would send to construction jobs all [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Toronto’s Mayoral Race Isn’t Over Yet
The Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer ntes that like the 2003 mayoral race, many things can change between now and October: “After Labour Day, as voters bother themselves to study the various campaign platforms, other candidates have a chance to climb in the polls. George Smitherman, for example, has spoken eloquently about improving the culture of customer [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: It’s A City Race, Not A Gossip Fest
The Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer suggests Torontonians watching the mayoral contest likely want to see a return to discussion of a more substantive nature: “One can understand the press’s examinations of candidates’ personal lives on a fundamental level: Voters want to know how candidates will react under pressure. Mr. Ford has not cracked, per se, nor [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Time Is Running Out For Pantalone
The Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer offers that mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone needs to start giving voters a reason to care about his candidacy: “Personally, I am waiting for either Mr. Smitherman or Mr. Pantalone to give me a really good reason why I should give them my vote. Rocco Rossi was a guy I considered seriously, [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Rob Ford Has Our Attention, Now He Needs To Prove He Can Act Mayoral
The National Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer recognizes that mayoral candidate Rob Ford is a force in the election, but it waiting for further proof he is ready to become mayor: “People complain about the bickering here, but is Mr. Ford the man to unify city council? Rather than finesse his ideas through committee, as others do, [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Is Toronto Ready For Another Ford?
The National Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer talks to Doug Ford shortly after he filed his nomination papers to run in Ward 2: “I suggested the council job would involve a pay cut. “I don’t plan to take a pay cut,” he said. “I’m the owner of my business.” Asked how he will juggle City Hall and [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Ford’s Day Hit By Tory Musings
National Post scribe Peter Kuitenbrouwer looks at the latest polls that have mayoral candidate Rob Ford in the lead and how that revelation was overshadowed by a possible John Tory candidacy: “In January, Mr. Tory announced that he was happy as a talk-radio host and the chairman of the civic-boosting Toronto City Summit Alliance, and [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Ford Gains In Role As Fed-Up Guy
The National Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer offers notes from last night’s mayoral debate put on by Habitat for Humanity, which he notes candidate Rob Ford did rather well: “There is a simplicity and a clarity to Mr. Ford (playing the fed-up everyman from Toronto’s hinterlands who is sick of having his pocket picked) that resonates even [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: The Deputy Mayor Gets Around
National Post scribe Peter Kuitenbrouwer ran into Deputy Mayor and mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone yesterday on the TTC: “I am not tipping my hand as to my choice for mayor, but I do so like a mayoral candidate who rides public transit. At 8:15 a.m. today I bumped into Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone as we [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Tory vs. Miller Still Best Game In Town
In addition to other musings about the mayoral race, the Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer writes about the exciting race that could have been: “Tory/Miller: still the best game in town — a fair bit more beef at that banquet than all the press releases that Mr. Smitherman can e-mail out from whatever bunker he is holed [...]
Post: Who’s Up And Who’s Down
National Post columnist Peter Kuitenbrouwer gives his take on which mayoral candidates stand to benefit (or lose) in the wake of the Giambrone affair: “ROCCO ROSSI: DOWN Rocco Rossi has effectively cornered the right side of the political spectrum, with his plans to re-examine the Transit City light rail project, restrict bike lanes, take a [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Why Giambrone Sex Scandal Does Matter
Peter Kuitenbrouwer at the National Post thinks there is something deeper to the Giambrone/Lucas affair: character and judgment: “There is enough in the Star story to make us wonder whether the image that the Giambrone campaign carefully crafted, of Mr. Giambrone standing on stage proudly with his girlfriend, Sarah McQuarrie, looking up at him reverentially, [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: City Council’s Self-Protection Policies
Writing for the National Post, Peter Kuitenbrouwer reports from a meeting of the City’s Executive Committee, as it reviews a staff report entitled: ‘Protocol for Member Involvement in Other Wards’: “They in particular objected to these words in her policy: “The outside member is entitled to seek the assistance of city staff (including site visits [...]
