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A race to displace Justin Trudeau from the PMO
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A race to displace Justin Trudeau from the PMO

Counting on a new crisis by October

Mar 3, 2020
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Canadians have lost faith in this government. With me? ➡️
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March 2nd 2020

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Peter MacKay’s latest fundraising letter pledged to send Canada to the polls again after only a year. The vow was already made by Conservative leadership rival Marilyn Gladu, and now Erin O’Toole is promising it. But the Bloc Québécois and NDP don’t currently share their confidence in a non-confidence vote to bring down the Liberals.


The old DoFo rages right back

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Premier Doug Ford loses his temper a few times during his news conference for the Ring of Fire road, when reporters ask more about the failed blue licence plates. This was Ford’s first news conference since the plate problems came to light. @680NEWS
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March 2nd 2020

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A tirade about “this media here in Toronto” suggested that nothing can trigger a former label-making executive more than being reminded that his Ontario government botched the licence plates. Doug Ford met the press to announce new road access.


“Rob Ford’s story could write itself—unfortunately, this isn’t that story.” Jim Slotek’s review of Run This Town reflects a consensus reaction among those familiar with its backdrop: the Toronto mayor’s crack scandal. But it’s being promoted as a relevant release, including co-star Nina Dobrev plugging its lesson for democracy.


Mike 2020’s least likeable ink

The right-wing voice of the Sun tabloids might’ve gotten more organized under Rob Ford’s former chief of staff, Mark Towhey—but his sudden exit as editor-in-chief came with the claim that Postmedia can no longer afford the role. Mercifully, the Mike Bloomberg campaign bought Toronto Sun space this week, in pursuit of primary votes:

Twitter avatar for @nelliebrancoNelson Branco @nelliebranco
Bloomberg took an ad out in my Cdn newspaper. Thanks for the coins, Mike!
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March 2nd 2020

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“Outcome of the 2016 United States presidential election and the subsequent sex ratio at birth in Canada: an ecological study.” A pair of researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto found a brief decline in the number of boys born in liberal-leaning Ontario areas after Donald Trump became president, which was possibly due to stress.


Nonfiction award is now extinct

Mark Bourrie won the $30,000 RBC Taylor Prize for Bush Runner, a biography of Hudson Bay Company founder Pierre-Esprit Radisson. The award was given for the final time, as founder Noreen Taylor said it had “achieved every goal” after 20 years. Ziya Tong, a runner-up for The Reality Bubble, is sending her haul to a symbolic destination:

Twitter avatar for @ziyatong𝕣𝕙𝕪𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕡𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕪𝕒 @ziyatong
Friends, an announcement: I will be donating the entirety of my $5,000 @TaylorPrize winnings to Extinction Rebellion Canada. The fact is, RBC is the fifth largest financier of fossil fuels globally & has received an ‘F’ for its fossil fuel phase out since the Paris Agreement. /1
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March 3rd 2020

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The condos are now coming for the drag bar. Crews & Tangos, a fixture of Toronto’s gay village, has been marked for potential replacement by a mixed-use development. And a subplot is that its developer, Graywood, is also behind the building with that ridiculous recent marketing campaign. (JAC Condos is clapping back on Instagram.)


Finally, a #MeToo via 1983 B.C.

Sera Johnston, who now goes by the name Lauren, claims that she was raped by actor Timothy Hutton 37 years ago, while he was shooting Iceman in Vancouver. Hutton “completely and unequivocally denies” the allegations. But his recent series, Almost Family, had its cancellation announced by Fox within two hours of of the allegations:

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NEW: She was a 14-year-old actor in Vancouver. He was an Oscar-winner in his 20s. Lauren Johnston says that in 1983, Timothy Hutton raped her in his hotel room as his friend watched.
Oscar-Winning Actor Timothy Hutton Raped Me When I Was 14, Says Canadian Ex-ModelSera Johnston says she’s a survivor who just wants to speak her truth. His representatives say she’s a liar who just wants money.buzzfeednews.com

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