By John Bkila (NewsHooked) | Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 at 20:49
There’s a new reality series out there that’s giving Keeping Up with the Kardashians a run for its money — it’s called the Ontario PC Party.
The now more than month’s long drama was kept alive further this week as (take a deep breath) former-leader-turned-candidate-for-leader-turned-drop-out-candidate-for-leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, Patrick Brown, was bringing the hokey-pokey back (yeah).
If you haven’t kept up with provincial politics, or been living under a rock, here’s a recap of what’s happened so far.
On Jan. 24, Brown resigned from being leader of the PCs.
He announced it during an impromptu, and what was arguably the most awkward, painful-to-watch, press conference after allegations against him of sexual misconduct with two women were about to be made public.
Seriously, if you haven’t seen it — it’s pretty brutal.
To fan the dramatic flames even more, six of his senior aides also resigned pretty much at the same time Brown was still infront of the media making his statement — man, that’s cold.
With a provincial election on the horizon (June 7), the Ontario PCs thought it best to hold an internal election rather than appoint a new leader, leaving the party with about three months to kick it into full campaign mode once its new head honcho is voted in on March 10.
While this may hurt them in the short-term (i.e. not enough time to convince voters they should be elected to majority power), it’s probably best for the long-term as members of the PC party will actually take the time to make an informed decision and choose the best leader possible (one would hope).
Their choices: Doug Ford, Christine Elliot, Caroline Mulroney and Tanya Granic Allen.
But back to Brown, apparently he decided three weeks was long enough for people to forget about the allegations made against him and it was finally time for him to toss his hat in the race to reclaim his old mantle.
I mean, we humans do now have attention spans shorter than goldfish, it seems, but I think our memory is still pretty damn good.
Did I mention his decision to “jump back in” was also after the Tory caucus at Queen’s Park turfed him.
Then, this past Monday (Feb. 26), about six hours after the Toronto Star broke a story about Brown’s apparent involvement in a Tory candidate nomination being investigated by Hamilton police, he announces he’s officially dropping out of the race.
I mean, I would’ve called TOD (time of death) on Brown’s political career back on Jan. 24, but the guy just kept on truckin’.
And, for all those thinking that would be the end to all that PC drama — let me leave you with this little nugget dropped by candidate Tanya Granic Allen at a leadership debate where the sex-ed curriculum was a topic: “Maybe they (students) could focus a little bit more on math if they weren’t talking about anal sex in the classroom.”
… Pass the popcorn.
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