Dynastic politics is alive and well in Ontario

Whereas in the U.S. they wanted a time out from the Kennedys, Bushes, and Clintons, the Ontario PC Party and potentially the broader electorate aren’t fazed by it.

Ontario Progressive Conservative party leadership candidates Caroline Mulroney, left, Christine Elliott, centre, and Doug Ford, right, all come from pedigreed Tory stock, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times file photographs and photograph courtesy of the Doug Ford campaign

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

February 7, 2018

OTTAWA—The saga of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, from the resignation of Patrick Brown now to the race to replace him, has captured part of the national political stage. The plot twists are many and they seem to keep on coming. No one can reasonably guess whether this will be boom or...

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