Sabrina Nanji of the QPObserver joins us on this episode as we get into the weeds with the Milton By-Election.
When Parm Gill announced that he was stepping down from the Ontario PC’s to run for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives, it of course opened up a By-Election to replace him as Milton’s MPP. Normally, By-Elections are sleepy affairs with little fanfare, however, this one has an undercurrent of importance to it. To start, the Ontario PC’s need to show that they are still relevant in the 905, and to do so they have scooped former Ontario Liberal supporter as well as Milton Councillor Zee Hamid to run for them. Fans of the podcast will remember our interview with him when he ran for Mayor last municipal election.
For the Ontario Liberals, there were talks about whether or not new leader Bonnie Crombie would seek a seat in the Legislature via Milton. However it appears after a lot of back and forth over candidates, Galen Naidoo-Harris will carry the banner for the Ontario Liberals in this race. What does this say about Bonnie’s leadership and the Ontario Liberal brand? Especially as they only lost this seat by a narrow margin in the last general election?
To discuss this all and to share her insight, we are joined by Sabrina Nanji. Sabrina is a former reporter with the Toronto Star and has since gone off to start her venture in journalism with the QPObserver. You can find her work here:
Our previous episode with Zee Hamid is here:
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