安省进步保守党领导人竞选: Doug Ford获胜

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这事终于翻篇了，希望福特在省选中将Kathleen Wynne拉下马。

 

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The Ontario Progressive Conservatives are not ready to announce the results of their snap leadership election, a party official told a sold-out crowd of frustrated party members on Saturday evening.

Hartley Lefton, chair of the PC leadership election committee, told the packed convention centre in Markham, Ont., that there are ballots being disputed, and that the party will reveal results "as soon as practically possible.

"There's a review underway of an allocation of a certain list of electors that needs to be resolved because it may have an impact on electoral votes," Lefton said.

"Unfortunately we don't have access to the hall any longer. Members, I ask you to please go home to wait for results. We cannot stay here."

Loud booing from Doug Ford's supporters filled the hall as Lefton spoke.

There are approximately 1,300 ballots in question, according to sources.

Multiple sources told CBC's MIke Crawley earlier Saturday afternoon that Ford had won the contest, but staffers from Christine Elliott's camp have denied that a final result has been reached.

Caroline Mulroney and Tanya Granic Allen were also on the ballot.

The announcement of the results was indefinitely delayed because there's confusion over which riding a number of ballots came from. Sources had said earlier it was due to a technical problem with one of the ballot counting machines, but that was not the case.

Elliott's campaign demanded a manual recount of at least some of the ballots, sources told CBC News. That process has been completed, and Ford is still the winner, multiple sources say.

Polling heading into Saturday's PC leadership convention suggested that it was a toss-up between the two.

Party officials say that voter turnout was higher than in any other leadership contest in its history, with 64,053 preferential ballots cast over the weeklong voting period, though 71,450 total members were registered. The previous record was 44,188 ballots cast in 2002.

Ford campaigned as an outsider with a distinct populist bent, telling reporters that he decided to run for "the people."

For her part, Elliott was widely considered the top choice of moderate conservatives and centrists within the party. She previously ran unsuccessfully for the PC's top spot in 2009 and 2015. She is not currently a candidate in any of the province's 124 ridings.

Supporters of Doug Ford booed as a PC party official announced that no decision was going to be revealed to members gathered in the convention hall. (David Donnelly/CBC)

Problems with the voter registration process drew significant backlash from Ford, Mulroney and Granic Allen earlier this week. Ford said the leadership vote was "not transparent" and alleged that only select members were receiving their registration code in time to cast a ballot. He, Mulroney and Granic Allen all called for the party to extend the voting period, while Elliott declined to do so.

The matter, however, was settled on Friday afternoon by an Ontario Superior Court judge, who dismissed an injunction application from a disenfranchised party member to prolong the vote.

The 44-day leadership race was triggered by the January resignation of former leader Patrick Brown following allegations of sexual misconduct made by two women. He has consistently denied any wrongdoing and served CTV News, which first published the allegations, with a notice of libel.

His departure led to a power struggle in the PC's top ranks and illuminated deep divisions within caucus. It also raised serious questions about the validity of the PC membership list which, according to Brown, ballooned under his tenure from some 12,000 to more than 200,000.

However, in a memo to staff last month, interim leader Vic Fedeli said that Brown had inflated the numbers by about 70,000.

In an address to members, Fedeli said that in the last several weeks, the party has grown to its strongest point in years.

Former Toronto city councillor Doug Ford was elected the new leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives on Saturday, multiple sources told CBC News. No official results have been announced by the party. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)

"Every single activist measure for our party is stronger today than it was six weeks ago," he said to raucous applause.

Fedeli went on to warn that "disunity" within the party would be a gift to Liberals heading into the June 7 election, and he encouraged each candidate to get behind the new leader despite their differences.

"Stay together. Stay strong," he said.

In a departure from traditional convention, all four campaigns have apparently agreed that none of the candidates will hold a media availability to speak to reporters once a new leader has been officially declared by party officials.

 

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Ontario PC Party fails to announce new leader as 'review' underway
Josh Dehaas, CTVNews.ca Writer
Published Saturday, March 10, 2018 7:48AM EST
Last Updated Saturday, March 10, 2018 9:43PM EST

The Ontario PC Party has not announced the results of its leadership election as it conducts a “review.”

Results from the electronic vote were expected at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, but leadership organizing committee chair Hartley Lefton said just before 7:30 p.m. that the party was not yet announcing the results.

“There’s a review underway about an allocation of a certain list of electors that needs to be resolved as it may have an impact on electoral votes,” Lefton told the crowd gathered in Markham, Ont.

“We expect this review to be resolved in the short-term, and by that I mean as soon as practicably possible,” Lefton added, prompting loud boos from the crowd.

Lefton said the party will issue a press release when results are available, and he told party members and the media that they must leave the convention hall.

“Ultimately what I can assure is a continued fair election, an accurate result, and a new leader who will lead us into the next election and who will win the next election for the Ontario PC Party,” Lefton concluded.

There are four candidates in the leadership election: former MPP Christine Elliott, former Toronto city councillor Doug Ford, Toronto lawyer Caroline Mulroney and parental rights activist Tanya Granic Allen.

Earlier on Saturday, members of Ford’s family told CTV News sister station CP24 that they believed he had won. Randy Ford, Doug’s brother, later said that he could not confirm Ford had won.

‘Not a good night’
Former PC cabinet minister Frank Klees was among the Ford supporters who were angered by the executive committee’s decision not to announce a winner on Saturday night.

“There will be a credibility issue in this party with whoever has been involved,” he said.

Klees said that rather than leaving the conference hall united, the party members were leaving with “questions about the people behind the process.”

“Every one of us as members of this party is left with questions about whether there has been a rigging,” Klees said. “Whether somebody who didn’t want the results to be announced tonight had a preference for a candidate, and wanted a double recount or a triple recount.”

“Why would we expose ourselves to that at this time?” Klees went on. “I have no idea. What I’m telling you is this is not a good night for the PC Party of Ontario.”

Call for ‘calm’
Elliott campaign co-chair John Capobianco called for calm after the committee’s announcement of the review.

“I think it’s important that we take some calm, let the process finish, let the officials do their work and then we can name a winner,” Capobianco said.

“If you lose or if there’s a couple of votes that are being questioned, you want to make sure that every vote is counted,” he added.

“If it’s that tight, I think it serves everybody’s purpose to make sure that it’s done right so that when the party actually makes the official decision, then everybody can sort of work behind the leader,” Capobianco said.

NDP and Liberals react
Marit Styles, who is running for the Ontario NDP in the riding of Davenport, called Saturday’s leadership convention “unbelievable.”

“It sends a pretty clear message to Ontarians who are mostly looking for a change in this next election that this is a party that can’t even govern itself, let alone govern this province,” she said.

“I think it’s pretty clear that (NDP Leader) Andrea Horwath, who remains the most popular of all the leaders, is really in a great position coming out of this,” Styles added.

Liberal Deb Matthews said that it was “not a good night” for the PCs, but that her party’s focus is on the upcoming election.

“It’s not really about who we are fighting against, it’s about who we are fighting for,” said the London North Centre MPP.

“We’re really focused on what we’re going to be running on,” Matthews added. “They’ll do their thing and get their leader figured out sooner or later.”

With files from The Canadian Press

 

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By Robert BenzieQueen's Park Bureau Chief
Kristin RushowyQueen's Park Bureau
Sat., March 10, 2018

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party has been plunged into controversy and even more chaos surrounding its leader.

Is it Doug Ford? Or Christine Elliott?

Still reeling from the Patrick Brown scandal just six weeks ago, the Tories now face additional uncertainty around the election to replace him, after Ford apparently won the leadership race on riding points but Elliott took the popular vote.

“We have a Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump situation,” a senior Conservative told the Star on Saturday. “Doug Ford has won the ‘electoral college’ with more riding points, but Christine Elliott has 3,000 more voters.”

Hundreds of party members waited for hours on Saturday at a Markham convention centre, only to learn that the vote was too close to call and is being contested.

“There is a review (of ballots) underway,” PC leadership committee chair Hartley Lefton said around 7:30 p.m., addressing a crowd that had thinned as the day dragged on.

The controversy “needs to be resolved, as it may have an impact on electoral votes,” he added, drawing shouts and boos as he urged the crowd to go home since the party no longer had access to the hotel ballroom, which was booked for a wedding Sunday.

 

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问问，是弟弟接哥哥的班了？
（先谢谢了）

 

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问问，是弟弟接哥哥的班了？
（先谢谢了）

弄反了，Doug 是老三，Rob 是老四，最小的。

 

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弄反了，Doug 是老三，Rob 是老四，最小的。

喔，谢谢。还不是省选，只是省党部选举吧？

 

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不去法院提告了？就这么承认福特了？

 

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After years of speculation, Canada is about to find out what happens when the populist wave that has swept much of the Western world overtakes one of its major political parties.

Only a couple of months ago, the looming election in Ontario seemed set to offer a change of face but not a dramatic change in direction. Under Patrick Brown, the Progressive Conservatives were trying to present a Red Toryism that would ease the minds of centrist voters tired of Kathleen Wynne's Liberals, but worried about spending cuts or a lack of modernism in social or environmental policy.

Now, courtesy of Doug Ford winning the pre-election contest to replace Mr. Brown at the Tories' helm, the election promises to be something much more important: a referendum on whether Ontarians are prepared to embrace a style of government more visceral and unpredictable and resistant to political and institutional norms than any they have had before. Many Liberals will like what that means for their heretofore slim prospects of winning a fifth straight mandate, not without reason. Ms. Wynne's approval ratings are so low, fatigue with her government transcending any specific policy grievance, that Mr. Brown's strategy of providing a low-risk alternative made sense.

That strategy might have been even more effective in the hands of leadership runnerup Christine Elliott, who notwithstanding her abandonment of Mr. Brown's carbon-pricing commitment practically screamed moderation every time she opened her mouth.

Mr. Ford, by contrast, is nobody's idea of a safe choice. He is loaded with baggage both personal and inherited from his late brother Rob, the Toronto mayor whose bad behaviour made international headlines, while Doug served as a city councillor and Rob's biggest defender. He is prone to saying deeply impolitic things – about women, the disadvantaged, other politicians. He lacks policy depth, or even a firm understanding of what the provincial government does. He is less personally troubled than Rob Ford was, but also less empathetic.

Polls of the general electorate showed Mr. Ford with much higher negatives than his leadership opponents. He seems an especially unlikely fit with the suburban women who have been pivotal to the Liberals' electoral success – especially after his expressed openness late in the leadership campaign to reopen the abortion debate, which he may be hard-pressed to drop after social-conservative candidate Tanya Granic Allen proved kingmaker. It's possible all this will make him so unviable that Andrea Horwath's New Democrats supplant the Tories as the choice of Ontarians who can't abide another four years of Ms. Wynne.

But there are smart Liberals who will concede that Mr. Ford scares them, not just because he offends their sensibilities, but because of what kind of opponent he could be.

Ms. Wynne's own election strategy probably needs to be rewritten. She had hoped to convey that despite her government's longevity, she was the best available change agent – a message informed by opinion research suggesting that while her likeability was unsalvageable, she might command respect as someone who would fight for Ontarians being left behind by their economy. That was contingent on opponents being seen as milquetoast defenders of the status quo, which is one description not applicable to Mr. Ford.

But more than that, as possible as it is to imagine many voters giving Mr. Ford the cold shoulder, it is equally possible to envision him tapping into Ontarians' anger toward both the Liberals specifically and the political class more broadly – catching fire in a way that has recently become familiar.

Mr. Ford is not Donald Trump, to whom comparisons will be made on a daily basis between now and Ontarians' June 7 casting of ballots. Skepticism of immigration, for instance, is not part of his formula; Rob Ford enjoyed considerable support from new Canadians during his successful mayoral run, as did Doug in his unsuccessful bid to replace him. He is somewhat closer to having a consistent small-c conservative worldview, and more capable of discipline. He was much less bombastic, while seeking the PC leadership, than Mr. Trump during his ascent to the U.S. presidency.

But everything we know about Mr. Ford makes the parallels too numerous to overlook. There is the simple sloganeering and attack lines against opponents (down to his campaign's apparent attempt through social media to label Ms. Elliott "crooked Christine"); the enthusiastic dabbling in social conservatism despite not presenting as the most devout of Christians; the hostility toward the media; the reputation as a bully.

And more importantly, there are the parallels between what he offers, and what is offered not just by Mr. Trump but by populists throughout Europe and elsewhere: validation to those who feel left behind by economic or social change, and believe that corrupt "elites" across all mainstream political parties are indifferent to their struggles.

That was evident even in how he ran for the leadership, particularly in the latter stages as his campaign suggested that party higher-ups were conspiring to keep someone like him away. You could see it, too, in the way he wore his lack of policy depth as a badge of honour – the implication being that he, more than the coddled bureaucrats and political lifers and ivory-tower elites normally around government, could through force of will impose common-sense solutions to return Ontario to past glories.

As relatively mild as he was when speaking publicly about his opponents during this leadership campaign, his past form suggests he will go unusually harshly at Ms. Wynne. And if he winds up in the Premier's office, what we know about him suggests that he will be much less beholden to orthodoxies – about what government must do, how it communicates, how cabinet decisions are made – than anyone who has occupied it before.

Maybe that makes him anathema even to habitual PC voters. Or maybe it makes him exactly what even many people outside his party's base have been missing in their politicians. Mr. Ford likes to boast that he transcends typical partisan affiliations to appeal to anyone weary of their traditional options. And the political climate could be ripe for that.

Ontario is hardly immune from factors that have powered politicians of Mr. Ford's ilk elsewhere. There are plenty of towns where traditional jobs in manufacturing or otherwise have dried up, there is angst about a perceived shrinking of the middle class and the cost of living, and there are many people who believe that urban liberals are imposing their values on everyone else.

There hasn't really been a test yet of what a politician willing and able to tap into those feelings might be able to achieve electorally here. Yes, Rob Ford managed to win in Toronto – seemingly a less hospitable market for this type of conservatism than other parts of the province – and Doug Ford didn't come that far from victory there himself.

But being elected to lead a municipality with a weak-mayor system is nothing like being entrusted to run the country's second-largest government.

Until that test is answered, nobody on any side of Ontario politics – nor anyone elsewhere in Canada trying to glean where the national discourse is going – should be feeling anything close to comfort.

Conservatism may have just taken the kind of dark turn that keeps even unpopular Liberals in power. Or the sorts of people Mr. Ford would dismiss as elites may have just lost their ability to feel smug when casting their eyes south of the border.

Voters will have a lot on their shoulders, in three months' time.

 

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