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…
