Thoughts on the Ontario Provincial Election
June 4, 2022
1. There are a whole lot more than 120,000 freedom-loving conservatives in Ontario. I know New Blue didn’t get a lot of publicity, but still . . . Something’s rotten in the state of Denmark.
2. As disgusted as I am with the results, at least Sal Sorrento isn’t my MPP. Nor is Ryan Madill.
3. Sal worked like a dog during this campaign and still did worse than Sandie Bellows, who did next to nothing back in 2018. I wonder if he’s having second thoughts about skipping those debates.
4. Some of Sal’s supporters have suggested he run for mayor. The only thing more nauseating is the prospect of Walter Sendzik seeking a third term. For all my arguments with him, at least Sendzik isn’t a buffoon like Sorrento.
5. Perhaps the biggest story from the election was not who the people voted for, but the number who didn’t vote at all. In 2018, nearly 57% of eligible voters cast a ballot. This time around, nearly 57% of eligible voters did not cast a ballot. No doubt a major reason behind the embarrassingly low turnout is that all three establishment parties are pretty much indistinguishable from each other.
6. What are the odds that a party, in this case, the red NDP, could get 1.1 million votes, nearly a quarter of the popular vote, and only end up with eight out of 124 seats?
7. Both the red NDP and orange NDP are now looking for new leaders. They certainly need them. Steven Del Duca was hardly inspiring and Andrea Horwath is little more than a braying donkey.
8. I read that Niagara Falls mayor Jim Diodati endorsed Doug Ford. It makes perfect sense to endorse a premier who turned your once-thriving community into a ghost town. Or not.
9. Unlike the case four years ago, there won’t be a rooting section outside Queen’s Park for Ford’s re-inauguration. Justin Trudeau’s boy-toy got back in because he was the least unacceptable of a bad lot among the establishment parties.
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