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Extra, Extra: Disney World, Suzuki, and Boundary Issues

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Disney World! Photo by RichardStep com, from Flickr

Disney World! Photo by RichardStep.com, from Flickr.

  • Having dodged a third legal challenge to his mayoralty, Mayor Rob Ford is going to Disney World.

  • But no matter where he goes, he can’t escape his reputation. Take this, for example. When David Suzuki’s people threatened to call 911 in order to persuade a Sun TV reporter to leave an Ottawa public-policy debate where Suzuki was speaking, MP Elizabeth May interceded with, reportedly, these words: “Only Rob Ford calls 911 on the media!” So true. (On a related note, why is David Suzuki kicking reporters out of his events? Not cool, Suzuki—even if it’s only Sun News.)
  • Over on Church street, advocates are celebrating an obscure—but potentially important—victory: the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission is now proposing not to split the Church Wellesley Village into two ridings during the next round of electoral redistricting. The gaybourhood, it appears, will continue to vote as a bloc.

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  • http://twitter.com/Hohummm Ho Hum

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    “On a related note, why is David Suzuki kicking reporters out of his events? Not cool, Suzuki—even if it’s only Sun News.) – See more at: http://torontoist.com/2013/02/extra-extra-disney-world-suzuki-and-boundary-issues/#more-238741

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    Steve you need to get out of the left-wing media echo-chamber and spend some time watching SUN news. The reason why Suzuki kicked out SUN media is because Ezra Levant EXPOSED David Suzuki as a fraud and PERVERT in a recent series of reports.

    http://www.torontosun.com/2013/01/28/suzukis-nature-when-he-visited-a-small-college-recently-he-asked-for–female-bodyguards

    Suzuki requested a retinue of “bodyguards” made up exclusively of young teenage girls for a recent college speaking appearance for which he was paid $40,000. Suzuki’s people talked of rewarding the young girls for their work by letting them pay a visit with Suzuki in the “rarefied air” of his penthouse!

    Note surprisingly none of the other media would touch this bombshell story. Suzuki’s fake reputation is safe in the hands of the “media party” of Canada.

    • Glenn Storey

      pervert????

      • http://twitter.com/Hohummm Ho Hum

        So you think it is normal for a 76 year old man to request that he be surrounded by a “bodyguard” detail made up exclusively of young teen girls? It’s OK for these young girls to be brought up to his penthouse as a “reward” for their work? At the very least Suzuki is a disgusting creep.

        • http://twitter.com/candleflame3 PlantinMoretus

          No, it’s sleazy as hell, But if they are legally adults and it’s all consensual, end of story. Stuff like this happens ALL THE TIME. Usually the VIPs don’t even have to ask; the organizers lay on the pretty young women as a matter of course.

          Also, I don’t think David Suzuki has ever presented himself as a moral authority on sexuality, so there is no hypocrisy. He’s just another horny guy using his influence to get laid. It’s as newsworthy as “dog bites man”.

    • dsmithhfx

      Ezra Levant, the Voice of Reason…

    • tyrannosaurus_rek

      What a load. Sun has set its sights on the David Suzuki Foundation as part of its broad and government-backed anti-environment pro-tarsands agenda against anyone and everyone who questions the Harper Party.

    • http://twitter.com/MarkJull Mark Jull

      It’s also possible the other media realized this is a pile of horseshit.

    • KWaltz

      For a news outlet that has recinded it’s association with journalistic integrety, I compare Sun Media to the likes of The Onion for reporting standards. Actually, The Onion is probably better.

      • dsmithhfx

        The Onion is a joke. Um… never mind.

  • http://twitter.com/Hohummm Ho Hum
  • Bubba

    Disney can have and keep Mayor Ford McCheese!
    Maybe if we’re lucky he will get arrested again for possession of cocaine!

    • dsmithhfx

      I wonder if the TPS will respond to 911 calls from his motel room.

  • tyrannosaurus_rek

    *hopes Disney World has a Jurassic Park moment in which an attraction breaks down and eats Rob Ford*

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Neville-Ross/100002343524258 Neville Ross

    Maybe Dave doesn’t want those fascist morons misrepresenting him on TV like they usually do anybody who isn’t a blind supporter of corporations, like Ho Hum and a lot of other neocon stragglers here on orders from the Toronto Sun.