April 28, 2015 at 6:00 pm

Extra, Extra: Hydro One Consultants, Bill Blair the Politician, and the Sad Raptors Recap

Every weekday’s end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not to miss.

The provincial NDP criticized the Liberal government for spending $7 million on consultants to prepare a report to sell off 60 per cent of Hydro One. The Liberals defend the move as necessary to getting the sale right, while NDP leader Andrea Horwath argued the only people benefitting are Liberal-connected consultancies.

Former police chief Bill Blair, who wants to be the next MP for Scarborough-Southwest, appeared on Metro Morning today. He describes his choice to run for the Liberal nomination as “a values-based decision.” When host Matt Galloway asked him about Torontoist staff writer Desmond Cole’s cover story for Toronto Life, Blair said that feeling like a prisoner in your own city is unacceptable, and that he accepts Cole’s lived experience as he tells it. That said, Blair did not indicate a change in his support for carding.
Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri held an end-of-season press conference to review the terrible end of their once-promising season. Ujiri conceded they got “kicked in the face,” which does not sound pleasant, and fans would really like to know how this face-kicking happened. Ujiri also said the Raptors are approved to purchase a D-league team, the NBA’s equivalent of a minor league affiliate, which could be a good place to develop the likes of Bruno Capoclo.