Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, February 5. ...
Author Archives: Jessica Smith Cross
The QP Briefing Podcast: The on-location special
We've got the lowdown on two weekend political events: The Ontario Liberal Annual General Meeting and Doug Ford's PC Leadership campaign rally. ...
Vic Fedeli updates Tories on the state of the membership rolls, cancels monthly payments to a nominated candidate and regional organizers
The party has about 130,000 members in its database — well shy of the 200,000-plus members the party boasted about before Patrick Brown resigned. ...
MPP airs allegations about fake PC memberships and ballot box fraud
Randy Hillier alleges that nomination contests saw people voting who shouldn't have been allowed to cast a ballot. ...
People on the move
Your roundup of appointments and job moves. ...
In the midst of Tory chaos, premier touts Liberal unity ahead of weekend annual general meeting
But Wynne brushed off a question about how the Tories' problems are energizing rank-and-file grits. ...
MP Alex Nuttall calls Brown’s downfall ‘an inside’ job, rails against party’s elites
'The elites in Toronto need to stop making decisions in their own best interest to seek power and start making decisions in the best interest of the people of Ontario.' ...
Ontario shows strong negative reaction to Doug Ford, according to Innovative Research poll
Innovate research also found some good news for the NDP. ...
Who’s in and who’s out of the PC leadership race
The race got a little more crowded Thursday, after the party released the leadership election rules. ...
Vic Fedeli won’t run in PC leadership race, says the vote is set for March 24
The interim leader says he's focusing on rooting out the "rot" in his party. ...