Canadian Press reveals that, as widely suspected if tersely denied, Industry Minister Tony Clement may, indeed, have dethroned erstwhile marquee event program czarina Diane Ablonczy just days after her decision to fund Pride Toronto raised the ire of Charles McVety’s anti-sex parade brigade:
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UPDATED: Brad Trost speaks! Diane Ablonczy? Still MIA.
Backbencher praises minister—but still no friend of that parade
Ablonczy/Pride: Maybe Brad Trost wasn’t so far off the mark.
At least, as far his understanding of why Diane Ablonczy is no longer in charge of handing out money to festivals.
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Your tax dollars on parade*, courtesy of Capital Diary.
Pride just keeps on goeth-ing, huh? – Diane Ablonczy vs. the Anonymous Conservative Source Chorus!
Guess what? Apparently, it’s the media’s fault that poor Diane Ablonczy got her knuckles rapped. Somehow, I just knew that ultimately, it would turn out that we were to blame. Today’s Toronto Star reports that, according to various unnamed Tories, it may have been a photo of the minister on stage with a troupe of burly burlesque dancers that pushed PMO over the edge:
All she has left is her pride – Diane Ablonczy/Marquee Event Funding Program Roundupdate
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