Ontario media have discovered Patrick Brown MP. Yes, that is our Patrick from Barrie. He has been our Member of Parliament for the last three parliaments. He was barely noticed. He said nothing. He did nothing. He was another mindless Conservative vote. He was your typical Conservative MP.
But finally he is being noticed. Ontario news media have discovered something about Patrick that we have been laughing about for some time. This person we know as a nebbish is quite likely to become the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. Despite being something of a mouth breather, bug-eyed and nerdy looking, this young man has been absorbing political organization most of his life.
Brown seems to have known exactly where he wanted to go from a very early age. While he was having difficulty getting through law at the University of Windsor, he was sailing through positions in the Progressive Conservative Youth Federation. He was also on the executive of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. He absorbed much about politics. There was little he did not learn about the less savoury ways to get elected and keep himself in front of the voters.
Before he had even been admitted to the Ontario Bar, Brown was running for public office. He was 22 when he defeated a weak sitting councillor and sat on Barrie City Council. This was a stepping stone to federal politics. He lost in his first effort but was successful the next time.
Brown is the type of politician who is helping destroy the credibility of politicians in Canada. He blusters when caught in lies. Former NHL hockey player Wayne Corson whose family lives in Barrie is reported to have called him out on laying claim to the Hockey Night in Barrie event that is a big fundraiser each year for the local hospital.
Brown seems to lack social skills. It is not that he is not interested in the ladies but they appear to be uninterested in him. He shakes hands in a limp way that makes people want to take their hand back. He never seems to have an idea of his own that does not have anything to do with getting his name in front of voters.
Brown is the front runner in the leadership race for the Ontario Progressive Conservatives because he has the ties to India and Pakistan paid for by federal taxpayers. Those ties gave him access to the more than 400,000 people from the subcontinent that now live in Ontario. The only grounds that can negate his lead in the race would be if someone can find out who paid the $400,000 in membership fees for his 40,000 members.
There was an interesting comment by a television reporter the other day. The reporter made the very astute observation that Patrick Brown might just be whatever you want him to be.
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Copyright 2015 © Peter Lowry
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