Interview With PC Leadership Candidate Tim Hudak
Tim Hudak has a good mix of youthfulness and experience. Speaking with him you get a real sense of the sincerity he brings to his work as an MPP and his belief that he is seeking his party’s leadership for the right reasons. Many have said that Hudak is a second generation Harris, but it is clear in speaking to him and hearing his ideas for his party and Ontario that he is his own man.
I have to say that Tim Hudak threw me a bit when we were speaking both on and off camera because it was clear he wasn’t going to wait until the next election to start helping or at least trying to help to shape government policy. That is unusual for a partisan, but should he become leader, it could be good for politics in Ontario.
For more on Tim Hudak visit timhudak.ca
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June 6th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Hudak is well-trained in Harris-speak, should work on Ontario. Hudak is running against Christine Elliott – the wife of federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. So what’s your angle? Does he have anything to say outside of ‘hard times’? Nah not really. What is Hudak’s take on the provincial sales tax with the value added GST? That’s all I want to know for now? Conservatism is LIberalism. Face it.
June 7th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Another great interview, John. You’re really doing a good job of bringing this PC leadership race to the people of Ontario. I am supporting Tim Hudak because he is the best shot the party has at winning the next general election. Christine Elliott is also good, but she would be even better with more experience in politics.
June 7th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Hi Norm,
Thanks for your kind words.
I think one of the best aspects of this race has been the real choice Progressive Conservatives have between candidates. I can’t recall the last time there was a leadership race in any party that saw a diversity of opinion or the opportunity for a real debate about the way forward.
For that reason covering it has been and I’m sure will continue to be fascinating for me.
June 7th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Hi John,
We met back at UofT when we used to make trouble for the student government.
I’m impressed by your interview. Keep up the good work.
June 8th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Hi Paul – I certainly recall those days and all the help you were on that front.
That was in many respects some of the first non partisan political stuff I’d worked on, considering we were a group of Liberals and Tories united in common opposition.
John
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