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A businessman whose success stems from inherited wealth, whose opinion tends toward the blunt and controversial, and whose celebrity makes a populist-fuelled run for high office a real possibility. Remind you of anyone? If you said real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, congratulations: you’re alive on this planet in 2016. If you said the late former Toronto mayor and councillor Rob Ford… well, congratulations too. You were around for at least some of the controversial mayor’s term of office, and may even remember his juggernaut campaign to win the mayoralty in 2010. And looking at both campaigns, six years apart, you might think these two campaigns are hitting many of the same marks – that Rob Ford’s 2010 decisive win against well-funded Liberal George Smitherman might provide instruction to Trump’s attempt to best well-funded Democrat Hillary Clinton. You might think that in August 2016. But really? Nick Kouvalis, the Conservative pollster who took over Ford’s own faltering campaign in July of 2010, says it’s more complex. There are some similarities – but there are key differences between Ford and Trump that could turn out to be deal-breakers, in almost every area. Here are five of them:
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The Brand: As mentioned up top, both men are outsiders with private sector bona fides. But where Trump is famous for living in gold-plated luxury and arrogantly firing those who don’t measure up, Ford spent a
decade as a city councillor in Etobicoke, doing the opposite. “He had 10 years at City Hall,” says Kouvalis, who notes that Ford was also famous for returning constituents’ phone calls and trying to help with small issues. “He did all the phone calls but he was specifically well-known as a guy not putting up with waste and mismanagement.”
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The Base: Kouvalis concedes that Ford’s base – the group of mostly suburban voters who eventually became known as Ford Nation – and the base of supporters attending Trump’s rallies come from the same source: “People who are just really pissed off. That’s sort of the same, people who can’t get ahead as hard as they work.” One difference, though, is that Ford’s base was multi-ethnic; Trump so far has extended his appeal to mostly white voters, aided by consistently racist rhetoric. And that, said Kouvalis, is a mistake.
in the past. They do kind of care about things that are said in the moment.”
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The Ground Game: On this, there is no comparison. Led by Kouvalis, Ford’s campaign team pushed hard to build a database based on Ford’s own records of phone calls he’d returned and, later, based on robocalls. By election day, the campaign knew who their supporters were, where they lived, and how likely they were to come out and vote. Trump, says Kouvalis, “has got nothing. We’re talking about a national race. I just don’t know how you can have nothing. Hillary Clinton has 700 paid staff in a building.”
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Joseph Florio, 84, hold his dog Coco and a sign in support of Mayor Rob Ford during the July 2013 Ford Fest barbecue in Thomson Park in Scarborough.
in nearly every poll, in former First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton he is facing an opponent who is well funded but historically unpopular among voters. Ford was in similar circumstances, vis-àvis former Liberal Cabinet Minister George Smitherman. Kouvalis maintains that unpopularity pushed Ford’s support to 47 per cent – higher than anyone had expected. And he said that Clinton’s unpopularity could in the end be the one thing that might help Trump recover. “He’s still got three months,” said Kouvalis. “He doesn’t have to bring it back that much – he’s behind five points nationally and that’s nothing.” What would Kouvalis advise Trump to do? What Ford did in 2010: stay on message, listen to his advisors and never, ever ad-lib. Do that, says Kouvalis, and the Republican campaigns downstream will start doing the groundwork that Trump’s campaign hasn’t yet begun. And ultimately? Take the lesson from Ford. “Ford and Trump are different because Ford knew why he wanted to be the mayor and Ford was also willing to learn. He was humble and Trump isn’t. Trump knows what he knows and doesn’t want to ever admit that he doesn’t know something,” says Kouvalis. * In the days following this interview (conducted over Aug. 22-23), Trump may have shown signs of following this advice, softening his position on immigration and attempting at least nominally to reach out to African American voters, and his standings in polls has improved. But as the late Rob Ford was wont to say – the only poll that counts is the one on election day. And that is still more than two months off.
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Scarborough-Rouge River misstep reveals PC party sex-ed rift Voters in Scarborough-Rouge River will be casting ballots today in the byelection to replace Liberal MPP Bas Balkisoon – and here’s hoping that by now most of them are clear on at least one key point: Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown is not planning on scrapping the controversial sexeducation plan introduced by Kathleen Wynne. Early voters – about 4,500 of them who voted in advance polls from Aug. 20 to 26 – can be excused for a bit of confusion. On the weekend, a letter went out from PC candidate Raymond Cho’s campaign, claiming Brown had a very different plan: that the PCs would, if they prevailed in the 2018 provincial election, scrap the whole thing. On Monday, Brown was forced to clarify, and he did, in an essay published in the Toronto Star. “It was a mistake for a letter to go out to Scarborough-Rouge River voters saying I would
david nickle the city “scrap” the updated curriculum. This is not my view. This is not what I will do.” What he would do, wrote Brown, is consult on future additions to the curriculum. The local campaign parsed those words, somehow, to mean that he would also get rid of what was there. It’s a pretty big shift on the part of the ground campaign. Brown was, after all, on record firmly as supporting Wynne’s sex-education plan, in spite of protests from some parents who are fearful of its frank inclusion of subjects such as LGBTQ and trans-gender issues, masturbation, consent and contraception. Such a shift might, indeed, convince some of those parents living in the riding to vote for
Progressive Conservative candidate Raymond Cho. Of course, Brown has made it clear that he doesn’t want votes on that basis. Based on his own leadership, it would be duplicitous, and it’s to his credit that he’s unwilling to win an election that way. What this summer byelection misstep does show is what could remain an existential rift in the Progressive Conservative party heading into the main game in 2018: the gap between a socially conservative wing of the party, and the fiscally conservative, socially centrist wing that dominated during Bill Davis’ Blue Machine era last century and still held sway to a degree during the more tumultuous Mike Harris years in the late 1990s and early aught. Ontario’s PCs have been in the middle of a tug of war since that time. John Tory tried and failed to achieve a mandate, pulling the party back to the
centre. Tim Hudak likewise failed to bring the party back to power by pulling much farther to the right. Whatever the outcome of today’s byelection in Scarborough-Rouge River, Brown will have to decide how he will lead through the main game in 2018. The Cho campaign in Scarborough-Rouge River (managed, it should be noted, by former city councillor and mayoral candidate Doug Ford) has made it clear that there may be an appetite, on the ground in Scarborough at least, for a hard-right, socially conservative pendulum swing. And even if there’s not that much appetite on the ground…clearly, there is, as there ever has been, a powerful hunger within the party itself. On that, there should be no confusion.
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Myths and Legends of High Park WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to noon WHERE: High Park, 1873 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: highparkwalkingtours@yahoo. ca COST: Free Lively narration by the Colborne Lodge staff. Meet at the benches across from the Grenadier Restaurant.
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Dufferin Grove Organic Farmers’ Market WHEN: 3 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Dufferin Grove Park, 875 Dufferin St. CONTACT: dufferingrovemarket.ca COST: Free Eat local and organic. Open year round.
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Toronto Swing Dance Society WHEN: 7:30 to 11:45 p.m. WHERE: Lithuanian House Toronto, 1573 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: info@ TorontoSwingDanceSociety.ca COST: Non-members $5 Open house. An evening of all styles of swing dancing.
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Four West Park patients earned medals at Parapan Am Games >>>from page 1 several of the players weren’t even aware of before they got involved in the game. A standing volleyball player since she was in Grade 4, Orr taught herself to play with her left hand. “During a game, the coach of another team saw I was playing differently and asked if I wanted to try (sitting volleyball),” Orr said. “I joined the (national women’s) team a year-and-a-half after the accident.” A driver who had just finished his first night shift fell asleep at the wheel and crossed over into oncoming traffic hitting the car Orr was travelling in on the way to a volleyball tournament. When doctors told her she might lose her arm, Orr said she decided she would make the best of it. Although she is
she was inspired to see the team play. After spending five weeks in hospital – three of them in a coma – Waffle became a resident at West Park for seven weeks and is now an outpatient. “They’ve really done everything for us – myself, and my family. We didn’t know what it would take to get my life back,” she said. new opportunities
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While she misses her old life, Waffle said each day is better than the last. Janet Campbell, a physiotherapist at West Park who works with amputees, said the opportunity to watch the sitting volleyball team play is “fantastic,” particularly for those who are in the early stages of their recovery. “Life might not look the
same as it once did, but (losing a limb) could open up new opportunities,” Campbell said. In fact, four West Park amputation rehabilitation patients have gone on to compete for the Canadian Men’s Sitting Volleyball Team, which earned two Parapan Am bronze medals in 2011 and 2015. The women’s team qualified for Rio with a bronze medal at the Parapan Am Games last year. West Park Healthcare follows acute care. It provides specialized rehabilitative care for patients recovering from life-altering accidents and health challenges such as amputation.
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Program aims to deliver 145,000 baby boxes to parents ontario-wide program features education and supplies LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com As an 11-week-old baby boy lay smiling and gurgling in a new “Baby Box” fitted with a firm mattress and 100 per cent cotton sheet – mimicking that of a bassinet – firsttime expectant mother Manal Sidiqqui sang the praises of the Baby Box Co. initiative at an Ontario launch event Monday. The downtown Toronto resident, whose son is expected any day now, said she and her husband try to reduce their ecological footprint on a daily basis. “It’s important to us to provide a more sustainable upbringing for our child,” Sidiqqui said at the Four
Villages Community Health Centre where she joined new and expectant mothers and fathers, who picked up their Baby Boxes and had the opportunity to meet Baby Box Co. representatives responsible for bringing the program to Ontario. baby box is free The program is free, Sidiqqui pointed out, but it does feature an educational component. In order to receive a box, parents are required to complete ‘Baby Box University,’ which is comprised of a series of videos on such topics as lactation, post-partum depression, and sleep habits, among others. The videos
were created in collaboration with medical professionals, maternal health advocates and child development specialists to reduce infant mortality while empowering parents. “I think it’s really great,” Sidiqqui said. Once parents have completed the course, they will receive a graduation certificate making them eligible to receive a Baby Box. To receive the box, they must submit their certificate, Baby Box Co. founder and CEO Jennifer Clay said. Clay was inspired by a Finnish tradition. For 75 years, its government has been providing new parents with a safe sleeping environment for infants, which
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also serves as a starter kit for expectant mothers because it comes with such items as clothes, sheets, and toys.
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status an equal start in life. A self-described research fanatic and creator of socially responsible businesses, Clay said she visited Finland to gain first-hand knowledge of the “beautiful tradition.” Monday’s event at the Dundas West and Jane streets-area community hub was just the beginning of the Baby Box Co. program. As many as 145,000 baby boxes will be distributed annually through hospitals, community agencies and health centres across the province. Each box, compliant with Health Canada’s bassinet standard, is filled with baby essentials, all donated, and determined by community and physician input, Clay said. These include Pampers diapers and wipes, cloth breast pads, a one-piece body suit (Onesie), a teether and more.
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Toronto, Warehouse - 175 Gordon Baker Rd THE COMPANY: A subsidiary of Torstar Corporation, Metroland is one of Canada’s premier media companies. Metroland delivers up-to-the-minute vital business and community information to millions of people across Ontario. We have grown significantly in recent years in terms of audience and advertisers and we’re continuing to invest heavily in developing best-in-class talent, products and technology to accelerate our growth in the media landscape and strengthen our connection to the community. For further information, please visit www.metroland.com. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: • Load and unload delivery vehicles • Ensure all products are properly prepared for shipping according to the drivers’ run sheets • Perform physical material handling • Work in a secure and safety-conscious manner as outlined in the Company and department safety policies • Maintain good housekeeping practices in warehouse. • To perform other general warehouse duties as assigned by the Warehouse Supervisor WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: • Valid forklift license • Previous shipping/receiving experience • Physically capable of lifting and carrying material up to a maximum of 30-lbs • Must have an excellent command of the English language (reading/speaking/writing) • Must be able to work overnight shifts and work up to 32 hours per week • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment • Have excellent time-management skills • Ability to set priorities and multi-task • Ability to perform repetitive tasks accurately and thoroughly, with minimal errors • Demonstrated basic numeracy • Have their own transportation • Ability to work in a team environment with minimal supervision WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU: • Opportunity to be part of an exciting company at the cutting edge of the media industry • Work for a well-established and respected company that is connected to your communities • Be part of a company that is committed to providing a healthy and safe work environment • We’ve got your health in mind; you’ll receive a comprehensive benefits package including pension and health care If working for a highly energized, competitive team is your ideal environment, please email your resume to ntakhar@mississauga.net Thank you for your interest. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Job Summary: The District Service Representative is responsible for ensuring that all distribution products in their assigned geographic area within Toronto are delivered in a timely and appropriate manner, and that delivery contractors are trained and provided with the necessary tools to complete their job efficiently. Position Accountabilities: • Reporting to the Circulation Manager • Maintain your assigned area of responsibility, which will included a contracted carrier force and all houses within the boundaries that are assigned by the Circulation Supervisor. • Ensure that all newspapers, inserts, and other distribution products are delivered in a timely manner. This includes working closely with the carrier force and when necessary could include delivery of down route(s). • Recruit and train new carriers to ensure that all routes are covered and terminate contracts where appropriate. Maintain sufficient carrier waiting lists or establish new ones. • Maintain all records concerning carriers and routes including financial records and complaints • Address customer concerns in a professional and timely manner while ensuring the concerns are resolved and the carriers are aware of the concerns • Investigate and resolve delivery issues where required • Drop off supplies to carriers including elastics and carrier bags as required. • Maintain records as directed by our policies and procedures Competencies/Skills and Experience: • Strong customer service skills • Reliable vehicle and valid driver’s license required • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Ability to work within a fast-paced, team oriented environment • Previous experience in a newspaper environment an asset • Physical activity - walking, lifting up to 10Ibs • CPIC(Canadian Police Information Centre) clearance certificate required prior to approval on applicant All interested candidates should forward their resume no later than Friday, September 2nd, 2016 to: Circulation Manager - Sabrina Brown sbrown@metroland.com
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Choosing the right private school for your child is not exactly a walk in the park… …but it’s close. Newton’s Grove School will soon be relocating to our new home, nestled adjacent to over 100 acres of Wildwood Park on the border of Mississauga and Etobicoke. For over 35 years, we have established a reputation based on first-rate teaching, outstanding university placement, and an exceptional arts curriculum. Our new site will build on all of this, combined with a stateof-the-art SMASH athletics centre, tennis courts, playing fields & unmatched greenspace. If this sounds like a great place for your kids to grow, just let us know ... ...because our kids deserve the best!
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