MPSA 2014 Empire Series: Bedrock Differences of Liberals and Conservatives
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Torontos outgoing police chief may not be out of work for long when his contract expires this spring. CityNews and 680News have learned that the federal Liberals are wooing Bill Blair for a shot at a second career in politics.
Sources within the federal Liberals say the party has been in talks with Blair. One Liberal source said, Everyone wants Blair and the Liberals would welcome him.
The chief declined to comment through his spokesman Mark Pugash. But in a year-end interview, Blair told CityNews, Ive spent my life in public service and Ill just find a different way to serve.
He added, Towards the end of April is when my term ends and I dont intend to take any time off. Ill just find something else to do and get right at it.
CityNews and 680News have also learned that the Liberals may not be the only party that has reached out to him. According to political analyst Jim Warren, both the Grits and the Tories want Blair to run for them.
Both the Liberals and Conservatives are very keen on having Bill Blair run for them in the next election, Warren said. Both want Bill Blair to run for their party.
A star candidate like Bill Blair that can shift a riding from one party to the next is going to be highly sought after.
Blair would be a game changer in any election, in any riding hed run.
Warren said Blairs experience as police chief would bode well for him in politics.
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You might think Jodie Emery would be welcomed as a star candidate for the Liberal party in next Octobers scheduled federal election.
The Vancouver marijuana activist is young, articulate, telegenic and her work to legalize pot is in sync with the Liberals policy on the issue.
But you would be wrong. The Liberals seem to be nervous that the 30-year-old wife of Prince of Pot Marc Emery might become their candidate in Vancouver East, which normally is an NDP stronghold but may be in play with the planned retirement of longtime MP Libby Davies.
Evidence of that nervousness seems to be manifest in an email that CBC News reported was sent to some of her supporters from a Liberal worker in Ottawa stressing the party had no affiliation with the Emerys and it did not endorse the couples planned cross-country speaking tour.
Marc Emery, a high-profile pot advocate, was released from U.S. federal prison last year after serving more than four years for shipping marijuana seeds by mail to customers in the United States. He agreed to a five-year term after losing an extradition fight. He was eligible to serve part of his term in Canada but the Conservative government refused permission.
In an interview Tuesday with Yahoo Canada News, Jodie Emery said the problem stemmed from an incorrect media reports Trudeau had wooed her to run and that she was the preferred candidate in the riding.
That wasnt true, so from the get-go the Liberals have been accused of choosing me as a marijuana candidate because they support legalization, she said.
It may be the opposite. Trudeau has already been hammered by the Conservatives attack machine for the partys position on pot. The last thing they want is to give the incumbents leverage with moderate voters uneasy about the Liberal position, and the prospect someone like Emery might spearhead legalization.
The partys position remains officially neutral while Emery and three other potential candidates for the Vancouver East nomination undergo the green-light committee vetting process.
But her supporters worry the B.C. campaign will find a reason to reject her bid to run in order to avoid Emery becoming a lightning rod for Tory attacks.
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