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Uptight Liberal brass squashes any hope of the Grits having fun—or promoting their success—at TIFF

By Stephen Spencer Davis
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It’s a touch tougher to accuse the provincial Liberals of being a bunch of elitists and a touch easier to accuse them of being boring after news broke yesterday that Dalton McGuinty’s chief of staff Chris Morley ordered Liberal MPPs, candidates and staff to “decline any invitations” to TIFF events. In an internal email, Morley told Grits that the campaign should be the party’s single focus and, since “accepting invitations to TIFF plays no role in that,” candidates should forget about dropping in on screenings. The Toronto Star suggested the ban might be intended to preemptively squash any attempt from other parties to label the Liberals as elitists—but we can’t but wonder why McGuinty and co. would want to miss out on sharing in the publicity surrounding the 10-day festival, which injects $170 million into the provincial economy and generates 2,300 jobs. Read the entire story [Toronto Star] »

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