Tim Peterson, MPP for Mississauga South, has crossed the floor and is now a Progressive Conservative MPP. (Click link for news story.)
Tim's Brother, David, was Premier of Ontario. His other brother, Jim, was a Liberal cabinet minister.
Now Peterson, a Liberal backbencher, will become a Tory backbencher.
It is expected Peterson has done this because he realized he wouldn't be able to win in Mississauga South as a Liberal.
So, seeing as he couldn't win in the October 10 election, he switched, expecting he can win as a Tory.
Carolyn Parrish, who is the most quotable person any reporter can interview, told our John Stewart, "His family has been Liberal since the day they were born. He's just an opportunist Tory."
Remembering the Wajid Khan floor-crossing fandango from back in January, Parrish added, "It's a rampant disease out here."
Like all rampant diseases, Khan-Peterson Disease (KPD) needs to be stopped. There needs to be a fundraising walk so our best scientists can research the disease, which tends to give its victims delusions of entitlement. KPD also makes those with the disease unprincipled, unapologetic, and unable to empathize with the people who have helped them and believed them in the past.
I'm hoping to recruit Parrish to be the KPD Charity Walk mascot. Our tagline to attract people to the walk will read, "Stamp out KPD like Parrish stamped out that George W. Bush doll on national television."
THIS JUST IN: I have received a call from the world's first KPD researcher. A cure for Khan-Peterson Disease has been discovered. The cure, the researcher said, is to remove victims of the disease from government offices as quickly as possible. That is the only way to stop KPD victims from making voters look like complete idiots.
Comments (6)
You only get out of a Caucus what you put into it; and I for one, am glad that his [Tim Petersons’] is out of mine.
Posted by Stephen Wahl | March 30, 2007 9:30 AM
Posted on March 30, 2007 09:30
Craig,
You wrote:
"Tim Peterson, MPP for Mississauga South, has crossed the floor and is now a Progressive Conservative MPP."
YAYYYYY!!! YIPPY-YAY!!
I was a liberal most of my life but for Peterson to jump to the Tories all I can say is YAYYYYY!!! YIPPY-YAY!!
I sat in on the clause-by-clause deliberations of Bill 130 for several evenings back in December at Queen's Park.
Peterson was one of four Liberals serving up some of the vilest, contemptuous legislation to affect residents of Ontario since the 2001 Municipal Act.
Not only did I watch Tim Peterson, I videotaped him barely able to feign attention.
When it came time to vote, he'd look to MPP Brad Duguid to his left. When Duguid's hand shot up so did Peterson.
And that was the sum of Peterson's contributions --a hand.
The Liberals can only be better off with Peterson gone. And with *PTUI* Khan over to the Conservatives, so much the better.
It's like ridding oneself of two protracted hemorrhoids.
What a relief.
Having said that, I'm so fed up with what I've seen of the Ontario Liberal Party, they sure won't be getting my vote come whenever.
If I'm going to be lied to I have the Tories for that.
Now my only choices appear to be NDP or not vote.
Here's what I don't get. Mayor McCallion ragging about "parachute" candidates.
Cripes, we should send up a few flares and some S.O.S.'s for here in Mississauga and hope some cavalry take pity on us and lend some of their best candidates over here.
Because I look around and see such an incestuous bunch of...
never mind.
Posted by The Mississauga Muse | March 30, 2007 11:26 PM
Posted on March 30, 2007 23:26
Tim Peterson came in with the mandate to correct Peel's Fair Share imbalance and after recently donating $500 to pay for full coarse buffet’s at the St Mary’s Soup Kitchen, for the under privileged, he’s certainly "stayed on coarse or bust"
Posted by Wayne Nagy | April 1, 2007 7:21 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 19:21
I’ve traced the viral “Wanna Be King For A Day” disease back to it’s incubation stages between March 23 2002 and May 07 2003 when David Tilson officially handed over his leave of absence for seeing double and a $111,000 aching seat.
That is, one day less an Ontario Works Workfare-Workfirst appointment committee would have found Ernie Eve’s occupation codes with the rest of our HRDC/ROE statements. - AWOL (Absent With Out Leave)
http://hansardindex.ontla.on.ca/hansardespeaker/37-4/l005-563.html
http://192.75.172.22/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=313
http://192.75.172.22/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=96
Posted by Abbe | April 2, 2007 1:17 PM
Posted on April 2, 2007 13:17
I’ve just heard about the recent Fab Floor virus myself ‘” if I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together” I am AWOL-rus … coup coup g'joob… coup coup g'joob… coup coup g'joob…. coup coup g'joob
Posted by Guitar Man | April 2, 2007 10:16 PM
Posted on April 2, 2007 22:16
If Grits couldn't do it, the Tory's should at least let Tim get on with fixing the social services imbalance the Regressive Conseratives left us and quit peeing in their own Peterson Tee Pee!
Posted by No Way "Jose" | April 7, 2007 2:51 PM
Posted on April 7, 2007 14:51