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[Jason @jb1594]

@TheresaLubowitz Not to mention - discounting your rivals experience is a sure path to disunity and insulting to elements of the public. They all have fairly solid and impressive resumes, cutting the others down based on this seems just a play to get media coverage and for me, is cynical.

[Jason @jb1594]

@TheresaLubowitz is that the flex they think it is when we’ve been out of government for so long? mistakes were made by the Govs he was involved. Saying he worked for McGuinty, Wynne and Trudeau may well play to Liberals, but the general public either won’t care or it will turn them off.

[Jason @jb1594]

@TheresaLubowitz Regardless if the appeal was dismissed this was a colossal failure of communication and crisis comms like you say. Not to mention transparency overhaul. Just saying the appeal is rejected isn’t good enough in this environment so I hope they release more details

[Jason @jb1594]

@TheresaLubowitz @progright Rural Ontario is desperate for an alternative to the PCs, but "Ford is bad" isn’t a platform. After years of cronyism, people want change, they just aren't inspired that the OLP will deliver it. We need to get back to basics and give voters a real reason to believe.

[Jason @jb1594]

@TheresaLubowitz @progright I remember how inspired and optimistic I was about positive progress and making policy changes that impact people’s lives. I helped run 3 more campaigns after that and led me to working on the Hill. These petty fights do none of that inspiring, it drives people away.

[Jason @jb1594]

@TheresaLubowitz I think we can credibly debate ideas and party direction without going down the path of making the other camp enemies. They should all have the same goal to defeat Doug Ford

[Jason @jb1594]

@TheresaLubowitz Sorry I’m venting and it’s coming across as I’m attacking you and that’s not my intention. I know you wouldn’t condone some of the comments and behaviour and we can’t control people. It’s just tiring so when we know where the infighting gets us.

[Jason @jb1594]

@TheresaLubowitz That’s fair, it also causes people like me to just check out of the party. Nothing about this excites or motivates me to want to get back involved in any capacity. I’m at a different phase of life but I do miss politics sometimes, but it’s too polarizing in our own tent at times

[Jason @jb1594]

@TheresaLubowitz Attitudes like that are the reason the party has lost 3 elections. You know what is sure to be the end of the party? Doing the same things over and over and over and expecting different results. There’s a reason I didn’t vote in the leadership last time and am not engaged anymore

[Jason @jb1594]

@TheresaLubowitz No, but it speaks volumes when someone of his stature says hyperbolic ridiculous statements like that about someone who served in the Federal party for 10+ years, was appointed to Carney’s first cabinet. Disagree? Cool. Act like it will be the end of the party is ridiculous.

[Jason @jb1594]

@JakeLandauTO @TheresaLubowitz Then we do this type of thing.

[Jason @jb1594]

@JakeLandauTO @TheresaLubowitz And I have no horse in the race, I don’t particularly like Nate to run the party either, but I’m dumbfounded how we can have McGuinty and Wynne lead the party and govern one after the other with very different versions of being a liberal and still happily exist in the same tent

[Jason @jb1594]

@jessecmccormick @NDP Windsor, London, Hamilton, Oshawa (held Provincially) his leadership helps the LPC and CPC.

[Jason @jb1594]

@rodmickleburgh I think it has to do with income as well. Leaders also need to live and survive. Not all leaders have the ability to not be paid for an extended period of time, forcing the party to pay them which is terrible news for the NDP. Maybe Lewis will be different and not need an income.

[Jason @jb1594]

@TheresaLubowitz Makes sense! Perhaps it’s framing both “he only cares about Toronto” and “He overrides local democracy” are two messages in the same vein or something along those lines depending on area of the province.

[Jason @jb1594]

@TheresaLubowitz How can you make OLP relevant in all parts of Ontario again? Particularly rural and remote areas even if we aren’t necessarily going to win these areas, governing includes the whole province