ABOVE THE FOLD
If it feels like everyone’s angling for their close-up at Queen’s Park this week, you’re not wrong. Federal MP YVAN BAKER gave a hard maybe when it comes to a potential provincial Liberal leadership run (and he’s already catching flak from Tories), MARIT STILES is busy reshuffling her inner circle while buttering up to the NDP faithful after her bruising 68 per cent leadership result, the Auditor General is turning her microscope to a bunch of DOUG FORD’s hot-potato files, and fresh polling suggests Ontarians aren’t exactly sold on scrapping school board trustees.
DEFINITELY MAYBE — Another name in the race to replace BONNIE CROMBIE: federal MP and former MPP YVAN BAKER, who isn’t ruling out a bid for the Ontario Liberal leadership. Asked Wednesday, Baker said he’s been “approached by a number of people and encouraged to run, and I’m considering it,” he told reporters on the Hill, while blasting Premier DOUG FORD’s record on housing and cost of living.
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