I missed this from a few days ago, but Sarah Thomson commissioned her own (self serving) Forum poll placing her above David Socknacki. Another strange aspect of the poll is Ford leads with 35% to Chow's 32%. I thought the most recent Forum poll from a week ago had Ford at 28%. Apart from the...

If I were the TPS/OPP I wouldn't want to give him white-collar criminal treatment by asking him to turn himself in, nor would I want to provide him a circus event to play up his "I am a victim" narrative. Instead, I would arrest him at home, early in the morning, or at night, tipping off the...

I'm betting there are other ITOs relating to other matters. One thing the OPP is known for is its organized crime investigation unit. Just a feeling.

He was there, and he was loving it.

Warmington insinuates without evidence that the Police are in league with the Tory campaign to politically damage Ford. That would be the biggest story of the day if a real journalist had made this claim.

I believe Giroux called it an investigation into criminality by the Mayor and in the Mayor's office.

His Skydrive must have been malfunctioning.

Josh Visser, Natalie Alcoba and Adrian Humphreys: Police investigators say the communications and meetings between Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his former driver throughout the probe into the crack video “have been indicative to that of drug trafficking,” newly released court documents reveal...

Sorry. I missed the first parentheses and read your comment differently. My apologies. Good to hear that what I've heard isn't out of left field.

I wouldn't be surprised if the OPP has been part of the investigation previous to the official handover of oversight.

Obviously it's all speculation and hypothesis. I'm interested to hear their take on why the OPP would want to attach themselves to this case if it were a go-nowhere proposition, or a case with only minor charges facing Ford. As far as has been reported, Blair was under no legal obligation to...

I've spoken to several lawyers who work in the criminal justice sphere who said it would be unheard of for the OPP to take a dud case off the hands of another force, particularly in a situation like this where the political fallout would be massive if charges were never laid. One criminal...

I'm not sold. She seems too optimistic about other aspects of life to be @ejb. Someone here or on twitter postulated that ejb might stand for elana johnson basso, Ford friend and crack house steward.

Totally agree with your assessment. His latest piece in NOW fails to account for the public statement from Pugash about wanting to protect a future court case. Hardly the language you'd expect from the TPS if they were hoping to bait Ford into some sort of incriminating action.

If murder, or accessory to murder comes down as part of possible charges, how soon until the province removes him? I'm betting hours.

I agree. His article in NOW is mostly a reprint of a blog post he made last week, prior to the investigation oversight being passed off. He makes reference to the OPP transfer having occurred at press time, so he doesn't fully address its implications, nor the statement made by Pugash that the...

I don't see why the OPP or other concerned parties would want to have anything to do with "spreading out the pain" for the TPS, fraternity of police notwithstanding. If this is going to damage public perceptions of a police force, it makes less sense to spread that perception onto the OPP as...

Stein admitted today on twitter that the public statements by the TPS about protecting a future court case were unusual in the context of a dead end case. I'm pretty sure the OPP wouldn't take a go nowhere case from the TPS, given the degree of public backlash that would result from Ford getting...

It's clear things are getting desperate in the Ford camp. Warmington's rattled.

The way he raises his eyebrows at the questioner as the doors close is interesting. Liars fatigue? Exhaustion from constant evasion and deception elicits a moment of non verbal honesty in the face of the big lie. He's no Doug, who's biologically programmed to lie with effortless ease.