Monday, January 28, 2013

A Liberal Wynne for Toronto may bring a loss of Rural and Northern Ontario

The Ontario Liberal Party selection of Don Valley West MPP Kathleen Wynne, Saturday night on the floor of the Ryerson Rams' Mattamy Athletic Centre at Maple Leaf Gardens, as Ontario's first female and lesbian premier, moves the Greater and Metro Toronto Area forward and banishes the rest of Ontario to the backbenches of the legislative bus. Starting off with her leadership rival Windsorite Sandra Pupatello, where a supposed backstabbing by one of Wynne's male leadership candidate backers took place in the shadows, her de facto campaign manager Deputy Premier, Treasurer and MPP for Windsor—St. Clair Dwight Duncan immediate started hinting at walking sooner than later. Across the Mid South Western street, London West MPP and Energy Minister Chris Bentley is looking to take leave quickly as well, further up north, Rick Bartolucci, the ever popular Minister of Northern Development and Mines, the Chair of Cabinet and Sudbury MPP, readies for his own exit to follow that of the outgoing premier Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP for Ottawa South, way out east.

Being gay, lesbian or a women will worry her not in the minds of most Ontarians, however that silent majority will read six digits across her forehead each time Madam Premier-Designate Wynne, like Tory a brief era before her, speaks to her media at Queen's Park, those six being 416-905.

If Andrea Horwath and the New Democrats gives Wynne a free pass this spring, Kathleen may have enough time to try repairing the bruised and battered party brand outside of the Greater and Metro Toronto Area, showing some strength towards her weakness in Rural and Northern Ontario, by introducing potential legislation toward positive results in the future for the region outside the big T.O. No one can blame the Ontario Tories and Tim Hudak attacking from the get go, as they know a united front by the progressive left will not help their sole libertarian right cause, preserving and protecting their already owned territory and pushing and pulling for more gains in the area outside the 416-647-905, particularly the 519-226, 613-343, 905-289 and perhaps 705-249/807 too. With the Hamilton and Niagara region being marked out between the Ontario Tories and New Democrats as we speak, the Liberals under Wynne must act fast before they start losing, as Andrea eyes Windsor and Tim views London, or else the Ontario Liberals can forget about keeping power in the province and start figuring how to keep peace in the party.