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Posted by Derek Flack / April 29, 2011

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Rob Ford will formally endorse Stephen Harper later tonight at a Conservative Party event. Although he went on record earlier on in the campaign saying that he wouldn't endorse "any leader or any party," apparently he's had a change of heart. His choice of party doesn't come as much of surprise, but the timing is at least a little odd. Late campaign endorsements aren't rare, but given the explanation offered by the mayor's press secretary, one wonders why he didn't throw his support behind Harper sooner.

"It's coming down to the wire in terms of the election and the Conservative platform and the message that Prime Minister Harper has been giving, lower taxes, is very important to the City of Toronto, particularly on the corporate tax side. We need to create jobs here and have a competitive tax environment," said Adrienne Batra of Ford's decision.

I guess the counter argument would be, higher federal taxes might free up funds for investment in desperately needed urban infrastructure like, I don't know, a certain subway line along Shepard Avenue. Just a thought.

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William / April 29, 2011 at 12:12 pm
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a fat, greasy sausage fest.... Ford behind Harper, or Harper behind Ford... methinks they would all get a turn at either end of the pole...

...I have to throw up... really wish neither of them existed...

Neo-fascism, spelled fatscism on a greasy see-through napkin no doubt.
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Mark Dowling / April 29, 2011 at 12:23 pm
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Desperate officer holder endorses desperate office holder.
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gadly / April 29, 2011 at 12:29 pm
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[grabs chair and bowl of popcorn to watch the usual suspects whine, gnash their teeth and mewl about the 'end of the world..']
Just to state the obvious, but Ontario became the richest, most populace and desired Province under a succession of Conservative Premiers, ending with Bill Davis. It's been a succession of disappointments since then, and now Ontario is crippled with the highest non-sovereign debt in the world (when you throw in OPG's IOUs.)
Liberals/NDP do not always equal good, nor PC/Tory or whatever always equal bad. I thought some of you might be intelligent enough to know that... sorry, who am I kidding?
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Evan / April 29, 2011 at 12:40 pm
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Have any of the parties indicated that extra federal tax dollars would fund the Sheppard subway?
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Luke replying to a comment from Evan / April 29, 2011 at 12:44 pm
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Both the Liberals and NDP have earmarked money for urban transit infrastructure, though not for specific projects per se. It's pretty basic, no matter what their personal allegiance, mayors are generally better off with Liberal governments, who aren't bad on corporate taxes but also not terribly pro-union. The Conservatives don't care about Toronto at all.
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Tracer / April 29, 2011 at 01:04 pm
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This is really weird. I understand that Ford shares a lot of the conservative mentality, but the Conservative party of Canada will NEVER play good with Toronto. The whole reason they have such a stranglehold in the west is because the west always viewed the Liberal party as being to Toronto and Montreal centric.

More specifically, the Conservatives have no big city policies because they don't hold a lot of big city ridings (any?). If Ford truly cared about this city, he would endorse the Liberal party, or maybe no-one.

@gadly
"Liberals/NDP do not always equal good, nor PC/Tory or whatever always equal bad. I thought some of you might be intelligent enough to know that... sorry, who am I kidding?"

Though I agree, I actually miss the days of the PC party. What we have now is a corrupt, fear mongering and fiscally un-conservative Conservative party.
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Al / April 29, 2011 at 01:17 pm
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At least this is one way to get Stephen Harper to finally talk about Toronto.
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Brad Sayers / April 29, 2011 at 02:23 pm
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Ford is a miscalculating twitt, he won Toronto by being the anti-hero, by being just a little different than what everyone already hated in commons....

Now he sides with pure evil; the human embodiment of spiteful contempt of everything around us...

...given that i "HAD THOUGHT' Ford was a good 'winner'... it is odd that is is so OBVIOUSLY SIDING WITH THE LOSING SIDE...

... i guess it is just another case of too fast too soon, and so comes the EARLY RETIREMENT... greasy smears... both Ford and Harper, good knotting there.
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Robert / April 29, 2011 at 02:28 pm
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The conservative party are not the PC's. they are the Reform party, a western, Alberta based Separatist party like the Bloc. Never realized how dim witted so many Canadian can be.

I am not keeping track, but surely Ford has lied more then any Mayor in his short of time in office
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the lemur replying to a comment from gadly / April 29, 2011 at 02:40 pm
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<i>gadly / April 29, 2011 at 12:29 PM</i>

Did you just misspell your own screen name? LOL

<i>usual suspects whine, gnash their teeth and mewl about the 'end of the world..'</i>

Not at all like your regular comments about Toronto circling the drain due to traffic infrastructure, immigrants, cyclists and the condo industry that signs your paycheque.

<i>Just to state the obvious, but Ontario became the richest, most populace and desired Province under a succession of Conservative Premiers, ending with Bill Davis</i>

Funny how PC premiers Harris and Eves did virtually nothing to address the issues you regularly cite, nor conservative mayors Lastman and (so far) Harris.
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Dave / April 29, 2011 at 02:42 pm
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That move shoudl benefit the Liberals in ways innumerable. Harper's saying "oh great, the village idiot supports me, that should knock me down about 100 notches in the polls". Ford be careful about where you throw your "weight", sometimes shit gets smashed. Thanks anyways though, the Liberals and NDP thank you for not supporting them and thereby de-legitimizing them as valid political parties.
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the lemur replying to a comment from the lemur / April 29, 2011 at 02:46 pm
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*and (so far) Ford.
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Dave replying to a comment from Evan / April 29, 2011 at 02:48 pm
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Fudn the Sheppard subway? That's being "done" by private investors, supposedly. None have come forward to put money up for it, however, but it's not going to be funded provincially or locally, it's actually just dead in the water. People see ti floatign around, bloating, giving off a retched smell, but some people still throw the beach ball to it expecting it to throw the ball back, then are confused as to why that ball never seems to come back. The Shappard subway is dead, Transit city is dead, the city has a massive deficit and no real plans to get out fo them, aside from cutting services and jobs city wide. So basically, the city is on life support and will soon also die, thanks to ford.
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ENDORSE / April 29, 2011 at 02:50 pm
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This endorsement means nothing outside the GTA, people don't care or want to hear about a toronto mayor.
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Ford nation to the rescue / April 29, 2011 at 07:03 pm
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Pretty sure endorsements are a bad idea for a mayor. God this guy is dumb
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mike / April 29, 2011 at 09:26 pm
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G20
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Sir Crapsalot / May 1, 2011 at 12:52 am
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Ford and Harper
Douche bags always stick together, they are both sweaty and sticky douche bags.
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