This is not what they mean by "October surprise."
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Stick a fork in John Tory.
As one angry source said to me earlier today, "This was about principle. What happened to the principle?"
At least when Tory was going to fund faith-based schools because he thought it was the right thing to do, you had to give him credit. Whether you agreed with his plan or not, he was the only one offering a solution to the problem of discrimination in public education funding. He was the only one not hiding from the problem.
Now he has joined McGuinty and Hampton, who have been holding the Constitution in front of their faces thinking no one can see them.
Tory's new stance is that, if elected Premier, he'd hold a free vote on the issue. A free vote on this issue is highly unlikely to pass. In fact, it's all but doomed to failure.
Tory would need to win a majority, which seems way out of reach right now. Not only that, he would need a huge majority since 15 or so of his MPPs would likely vote against funding faith-based schools.
In the 107-seat legislature, he'd probably need about 70 seats.
It's not going happen. He knows it's not going to happen. He has sacrificed the principle, which is even worse than having principles the voters disagree with.
This turkey is cooked. The election is over.
Comments (1)
Either way they’re all “2,000 Light Years” away from home and from where Minister Sandra Pupatello’s had addressed what’s actually causing regional downloading of social services into the 905 Faith Communities from the beginning http://hansardindex.ontla.on.ca/hansardespeaker/37-2/l056a-513.html
It’s the adverse affects of Peel Regions “One Time Reallocation Allowances” behind “Pooling” that’s contradicting our Chartered Mobility and Legal Rights. Faith based groups never even became an issue until private outsourcing found a way to hide our T-4 slips and HRDC Occupational Codes behind our fundamental values and the Clergyman.
Posted by Wayne Nagy | October 2, 2007 6:35 PM
Posted on October 2, 2007 18:35