Videodrome
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Well, how about that?
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Premier Doug Ford's Ontario
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Well, how about that?
adma
Superstar
Tory MPP Kinga Surma’s dad landed policy job in minister’s office: sources
TORONTO—Ontario MPP Kinga Surma’s father scored a job in Premier Doug Ford’s government after the spring 2018 election, according to sources in the Progressive Conservative Party. Surma, who has been in the premier’s inner circle since the two worked at Toronto City Hall, was appointed associate...
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adma
Superstar
So, it *does* inch closer and closer...
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Oh look:
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AlvinofDiaspar
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And...
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tiffer24
Senior Member
Now that's an endorsement...
Thinker
Active Member
But does Mr Surma play Lacrosse? Hell, for a 6 figure salary I'll be nice and show up too. Pays to know French & Kinga's tango partner.
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And all these years we have been told that deals are made on the golf course. We should have been playing lacrosse!
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Avenue
Active Member
LOL so conservatives don't actually care about saving money or small government and they only sell hatred of minorities solely for personal gain? WHO KNEW?
tiffer24
Senior Member
So.. only pending appointments to be reviewed.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
One source aware of the request to find a position for Ms. Surma’s father said: “Dean French said hiring him was important to the Premier.”
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So did Ford order the code red?
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vic
Senior Member
Who can fault him for doing favours for his future father-in-law? ?
animatronic
Senior Member
So will this be the start of the end for Douggie? Mainstream media ignored the affair because it was private, but now with the nomination battle and father job there is public money at stake. Expect a lot of newsrooms are working overtime on this right now.
Possible outcomes:
Possible outcomes:
- Blows over and “special relationship” gets ignored
- Body blow / embarrassment for Ford but he survives
- Affair breaks, gets linked back to patronage scandal because now Ford is directly implicated and his party says enough is enough
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
I can't imagine how finding a cushy job in the government for your mistress' father** isn't career-ending, but who knows. Important to keep in mind that how disliked he was before the cabinet shuffle last week - and then this.
** TBC
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christiesplits
Senior Member
It's not surprising that a government that wants to "run government like a business" is so rife with nepotism, given that nepotism is so rampant in the private sector.