By-elections
Bob Rae resigns, who will replace him in Toronto Centre?
Yesterday, Bob Rae resigned from the House of Commons, giving up his Toronto Centre seat. The seat has been a safe Liberal seat for quite some time and the…
George Smitherman
6 posts on George Smitherman from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Toronto Municipal Politics
George Smitherman interview at #lpc12
I interviewed former Ontario Liberal cabinet minister, and former Toronto mayoral candidate George Smitherman about what he’s been up to lately and what he…
Toronto Municipal Politics
Rob Ford – Toronto’s Next Mayor?
It’s Saturday at noon in the Rob Ford campaign headquarters in Scarborough and the background noise from the activity that surrounds me is chaotic. However,…
Toronto Municipal Politics
Rob Ford is up 24 points in the race for Mayor of Toronto
A new poll shows Rob Ford up 24 points on the next challenger, George Smitherman. On Twitter tonight, we can see the five stages of left-wing grief… Denial:…
Toronto Municipal Politics
New #VoteTO poll – Ford still out ahead
Numbers leaked to your Ford-friendly neighbourhood blogger: Ford – 32% Smitherman – 22% Thomson – 10% Pantalone – 9% Rossi – 7% Undecided – 22% When undecideds…
Ontario Politics
George Smitherman dismisses federal Liberals on claims of Tory infrastructure skew
A little birdie told me that George Smitherman, Ontario’s infrastructure minister, just dismissed federal Liberal claims that infrastructure dollars are…