Johnny Au
Senior Member
Rob Ford can establish a new denomination of Christianity and his churches would be packed every Sunday. Call it the Church of Subways (and be sponsored by Subway Restaurants).
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W. K. Lis
Superstar
When I heard that
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty quits cabinet
I got a shiver through me. A Ford brother for his replacement? NO!!! However, looking through this link, there was a paragraph:
Whew!!
Anyways, there would have to be a by-election first. Its not like in the U.S. where technically anybody can be in their cabinet. Just have to be nominated then approved by a majority in their Senate. In Canada, they more or less have to be in the Commons or in the Senate, first. Then again, one of the Ford brothers could be sent to the Senate. Shudder.
Damn it!! A Ford brother could still be the next Finance Minister. Worst case scenario.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty quits cabinet
I got a shiver through me. A Ford brother for his replacement? NO!!! However, looking through this link, there was a paragraph:
Whew!!
Anyways, there would have to be a by-election first. Its not like in the U.S. where technically anybody can be in their cabinet. Just have to be nominated then approved by a majority in their Senate. In Canada, they more or less have to be in the Commons or in the Senate, first. Then again, one of the Ford brothers could be sent to the Senate. Shudder.
Damn it!! A Ford brother could still be the next Finance Minister. Worst case scenario.
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Johnny Au
Senior Member
Joe Oliver (his riding covers much of Colle and Stintz's wards) is now Finance Minister.
SunriseChampion
Senior Member
Look, I don't like Harper. I don't even respect Harper. However, not in a trillion years would Harper go stupid for a moment enough to have a Ford as a member of his caucus, let alone as Finance Minister.
Franks2000inchTV
Active Member
I'm thinking Bill Blair will have him making license plates.
lister
Active Member
Now that spring is almost here, I'd say we should dump him on a passing iceberg and let nature take it's course...
adma
Superstar
What use there'd be for parachuting a Ford into Whitby, I don't know. (Remember that Flaherty's a hometown boy through and through--I doubt he'd be so dumb as to parachute a replacement thusly)
westyvt
Active Member
substance abuse counselor, running a halfway house for people on the way down
Uncle Teddy
Senior Member
Yes addicts need his help. Use him as a model of what NOT to do!
W. K. Lis
Superstar
[h=1]Anderson Cooper won’t get mom’s millions[/h]See link.
What would Rob & Doug Ford be doing if they didn't inherit the millions from dad's business? Who would have hired them? How would they pay for the city hall expenses?
What would Rob & Doug Ford be doing if they didn't inherit the millions from dad's business? Who would have hired them? How would they pay for the city hall expenses?
Bob But Not Doug
New Member
I don't know. This whistling past the graveyard is fun and all, but...he won't need a new job because he's going to win.
As I type this he's breaking election laws left, right and centre at his campaign launch. There will be no serious repercussions, of course. He will break election laws ever day between now and Oct. 27th and there will be no serious repercussions. He will be free to slander his opponents and lie about his past, present and future, and his tribe will lap it up. He will whip his followers up into a frenzy and they will turn out en masse, dwarfing turnout by the other candidates. It doesn't matter if he and Doug lost their voters' list from the last election because every time he so much as belches it gets spread across Facebook and Twitter for free. That's how he gets his message out. And his simplistic one-sentence slogans will always trump the truth, or at least other candidates' messages, because they're easy to remember and even easier to agree with if you don't think about them. And most people aren't really that into thinking.
27% of the electorate already admits to planning to vote for him; would you bet your life savings that that number isn't higher, that there aren't many other people who will pull the lever (so to speak) for him in the privacy of the voting booth because he looks out for the little guy and saved them a billion dolllars? Maybe they don't approve of the sideshow, but they heard Olivia Chow will unionize the entire city and that John Tory is a rich elite, and they don't like the sound of that, no sir!
Failing a serious health event or his arrest on serious charges (which, LOL, is not going to happen, and even if it did the trial wouldn't be until 2019 or some shit), he's going to win.
As I type this he's breaking election laws left, right and centre at his campaign launch. There will be no serious repercussions, of course. He will break election laws ever day between now and Oct. 27th and there will be no serious repercussions. He will be free to slander his opponents and lie about his past, present and future, and his tribe will lap it up. He will whip his followers up into a frenzy and they will turn out en masse, dwarfing turnout by the other candidates. It doesn't matter if he and Doug lost their voters' list from the last election because every time he so much as belches it gets spread across Facebook and Twitter for free. That's how he gets his message out. And his simplistic one-sentence slogans will always trump the truth, or at least other candidates' messages, because they're easy to remember and even easier to agree with if you don't think about them. And most people aren't really that into thinking.
27% of the electorate already admits to planning to vote for him; would you bet your life savings that that number isn't higher, that there aren't many other people who will pull the lever (so to speak) for him in the privacy of the voting booth because he looks out for the little guy and saved them a billion dolllars? Maybe they don't approve of the sideshow, but they heard Olivia Chow will unionize the entire city and that John Tory is a rich elite, and they don't like the sound of that, no sir!
Failing a serious health event or his arrest on serious charges (which, LOL, is not going to happen, and even if it did the trial wouldn't be until 2019 or some shit), he's going to win.
adma
Superstar
Given the attendance at the launch tonight, claims of turnout dwarfing the other candidates may be premature.