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George Smitherman

Ford's Leadership is Lacking and Toronto's Weak-Mayor Model Covers Up His Faults

George Smitherman | Posted 03.26.2013 | Canada Politics
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George Smitherman

Toronto's weak-mayor model works as cover for the incoherent and distracted leadership style of Rob Ford because expectations have been suppressed for so long.

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What Ornge Memo?

CP | Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.29.2012 | Canada Politics
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TORONTO - Premier Dalton McGuinty says he never saw a memo from a government lawyer who sounded the alarm about Ornge almost eight years ago.The lawye...

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Liberals Experience the Soft Tyranny of High Expectations

John Laforet | Posted 05.19.2012 | Canada
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John Laforet

People who live 4,500k from the Toronto-Danforth riding read in the Vancouver Sun just last month that the Liberals were in a position to win; they'll now be reading about a "lacklustre, no name, uninspiring dud" candidate who blew the Liberals right out of the water. Imagine what that does for confidence in the Liberal brand.

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