John Tory. Embattled leader of the opposition
While the world has been busy in the Israel/Palestine fight, Ontario Progressive Conservative leader John Tory was busy finalizing the terms of surrender for one of his MPPs. Laurie Scott, a Peterborough-area MPP has agreed to step down so the leader could run in a by-election and finally return to the Ontario legislature.
It is now in the lap of Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) to call a by-election for Scott's riding. If successful, it will mark Tory's return to the legislature for the first time since he was defeated in the October 2007 election to Kathleen Wynne, one of McGuinty's most cherished cabinet ministers in the riding of Don Valley West.
Let's get something straight: the fact that it's taken 15 months for someone to step down suggests lack of faith in Mr. Tory's leadership within the 25-member caucus. Everybody knows how important it is for a leader to sit in the Ontario legislature. To criticize the premier and take him to task. Why then, did it take 15 months for one of them to step down and only after she was offered a lucrative deal as the party's next provincial campaign chair?
Laurie Scott: The lone volunteer to step down
The next election is in October 2011. I hope the Ontario PC Party gets confidence in their leader and FAST!! Or else McGuinty will sleep-walk through the next election the way he did the last one.
Queen's Park opposition benches. Will Tory be back there?
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