The Ontario Conservative Party elected a new leader this past weekend and his name is.................
DOUG FORD.
I can just hear some of my American readers saying ...that name rings a bell....wasn't he the out-of-control cocaine using former Mayor of Toronto?
And for that you'd be close... but no cigar. Rather it is the out-of-control cocaine using former Mayor Bob Ford's older brother ...Doug, who won this past Saturday.
Both men were on Toronto City Council and both kept the local media occupied with their antics of the day. Many of those antics, especially on the part of brother Rob, made the headlines south of our border in the United States.
Rob Ford died of cancer in early 2016 or he might very well have run and won last week's Conservative Leadership. Another historical what-if?
Anyway, back to Doug.
Like his deceased brother, Doug is a populist...he speaks for the common people much the same way Donald Trump does. Indeed, his campaign was styled in the Trump mode.
His literature stated that he was the only conservative running in a field of 4 candidates and in that he was right. We in Canada have lost Real Conservationism... all our parties have become different shades of Liberal. And we are paying a dear price for it.
Under Liberal-type leadership our Debt and Deficits have swollen, government has grown to unimaginable size, millions of manufacturing jobs have been lost, politicians have drunk of the green coolaide, interest groups - such as the public service unions are controlling the politicians and our health and education systems are on life-lines.
We desperately need a Conservative at the helm and hopefully Doug Ford will be the man for that job. Time will tell.
But for the Opposition Parties that think their prayers have been answered with Ford's election permit me to put the record straight.
The next General Election in Ontario must be called by June 7th of this year, when the dust settles, it will be Premier Doug Ford at the helm of Ontario.
Ford hails from the City of Toronto which historically has been a core constituency for the Liberals. But given his popularity there, he will take a good portion of that away from them. Rural parts of Ontario historically go conservative and these two factors combined will ensure his electoral success come June.
As a reminder to all, it is no coincidence that I call my Blog ...Real Conservatives.
As I see it...
K.D. Galagher
