Julian Fantino: Vaughan Star Candidate

The Liberals in Toronto are in a panic with support of Rob Ford and now prospect of fighting against Julian Fantino for the vacated seat by Maurizio Bevilacqua on behalf of the Liberals since 1988.(York North 1988-1997, York-Vaughan King Aurora 1997-2004, Vaughan 2004-Present)

Judy Sgro participates in procession on Good Friday, 2002 with Toronto Chief of Police Julian Fantino, RCMP Ben Soave and Tony Ianno, MP.

The Prime Minister will be in Vaughan, ON next Friday to introduce former OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino as his by-election candidate, the Italian-Canadian newspaper in Toronto, Corriere Canadese, is reporting today, while the Liberals have already approached and been turned down by a series of potential candidates.

According to the story penned by editor Angelo Persichilli in Italian (and translated here), Fantino has not been specifically promised any position in cabinet, but had a personal meeting with Prime Minister Harper in the Langevin Building in Ottawa this past September 27, and is expected by party insiders to be "part of the [government's] inner circle" on taking office.- Pundits Guide

Will Judy Sgro, Dalton McGuinty be joining the Prime Minister in welcoming Julian Fantino as the newest candidate for the federal seat in Vaughan turning Conservative blue?

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Canadians Pay Price For Liberal's Petty Politics

Angelo Persichilli hits another one out of the ball park.

The opposition — in this case the Liberals — has no interest in abandoning petty politics based on innuendo and character assassination. That means it’s up to the government — in this case the Conservatives — to move beyond the poisoned environment that has characterized Canadian politics for the past 10 years.

A senior party strategist noted that the Liberal advance team, seeking to highlight the government's alleged tardiness in spending stimulus money, had used the wrong field for an Ignatieff photo op last week, and that the park wasn't scheduled for construction until next year anyway. "In our rush to dump Stephane Dion, we have given ourselves John Turner," he sighed. Don Martin September 28, 2009

Angelo Persichilli is the political editor of Corriere Canadese.

Angelo Persichilli, an award-winning political journalist, writes each Sunday for the Toronto Star. Persichilli is the political editor of Corriere Canadese, the Italian daily newspaper headquartered in Toronto.

He has been a political columnist for the Toronto Sun and The Hill Times.

Previously, he was vice president, corporate development and news programming and public affairs, at CFMT (now Omni). In this capacity, he oversaw the production of Channel 47's daily news telecasts in Chinese, Italian and Portuguese. 

Persichilli is the recipient of the Canadian Ethnic Journalist's and Writer's Club award for excellence in journalism reflecting multicultural issues. He has also won several national awards for his contributions to broadcasting.

Hard to sustain can only mean one thing Michael. Hard for your ego to sustain.

Despite the fact that Harper's party got 143 seats and yours got about half that many, you felt it the voters outcome the people's outcome was hard to sustain...And so now you want another election another 300 million spent. The issue? There is no issue, except the one your old nemesis just referred to. The idea of you not being power is too hard to sustain.-Charles Adler

Wolf to Iggy

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