Not a minority Conservative government, but a non-white Conservative Prime Minister. POD 1980.
Last election, we broke into the GTA fortress, including the suburban belt, for the first time in many years. This is largely due to Kenney's efforts as the PM's liaison IMHO. Unfortunately, Montreal is the "navel of Liberalism" and is inpenetrable. To give you an idea, Marlene Jennings is my MP.![]()
Don't get too cocky about busting into the GTA just yet. Dion shot himself in the foot more than Harper kicking in the door, and Baird's unbelievably ill-timed rant about Toronto didn't help much. The GTA tends Liberal to start with, and while Red Tories can do well here, deep blue Tories like Harper and co tend to do badly. The provincial Tories will find that out the hard way in 2011 when Tim Hudak (provincial PC leader, and a Mike Harris clone) gets his ass handed to him by Dalton McGuinty. If Harper wants to win in Toronto, he's gotta to change his policies rather a lot......and he won't do that on a $1000 bet.