Grit civil war in Scarborough

And Supreme Court battles

ABOVE THE FOLD

Drama in Liberal land is heating up as the hotly contested nomination race for the Scarborough Southwest byelection and the leadership revs up.

Remember when I first told y’all federal MP and provincial hopeful NATE ERSKINE-SMITH called up SSW contender and past candidate QADIRA JACKSON and asked her to join his team?

Turns out Jackson wasn’t the only nomination rival Erskine-Smith tried to get to back down. Per the Star: “Another candidate who recently met with Erskine-Smith had a similar experience to Jackson.”

“‘He did not tell me directly I should stay out of the race, but he was indicating that, you know, eventually he will become leader of the party, and then potentially could be premier,’ said AHSANUL HAFIZ, a native of Bangladesh who came to Canada as a university student and now owns 30 Domino’s pizza franchises.”

The implication, according to the chatter among Grits, is that Erskine-Smith could have loosely promised his rivals other positions should they step a…