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iPolitics By Michael Coren. Published on Apr 23, 2021 4:18pm 'Conversion therapy is more prejudice than science, more hysteria than study. It’s been discredited by every scientific body worth its name.' Conservative MP Tamara Jansen (House of Commons screengrab) It was only a matter of time before the absurd remarks of Conservative MP Tamara Jansen went viral on social media, and it was entirely justified. Addressing a Liberal bill aimed at criminalizing conversion therapy, the MP for the B.C. riding of Cloverdale—Langley City said, “I’m going to invoke the words of the Apo...

Article content What is to be done with Sam Oosterhoff? Ontario’s youngest-ever MPP, 23 years old, twice elected with a majority of votes in Niagara West, parliamentary secretary to the education minister and as unabashed a social-conservative as you’ll find hereabouts, is once again causing Premier Doug Ford headaches. Last time, in October, it was a mass maskless photo-op at a Niagara Falls restaurant, whose owner claimed Oosterhoff’s group repeatedly refused staff requests to follow the pandemic-era rules. “Hey, guys, everyone makes mistakes,” was Ford’s remarkably blasé respo...

Article content But Sharpe said the suggestion did not receive a warm reception from the party. “I got the sense they didn’t want it to happen,” he said. “It struck a bad tone with a lot of people. Nobody in Central Nova would have a better shot than Peter. I’d say it knocked a lot of wind out of the sails of a lot of people.” Central Nova is still without a candidate to take on incumbent Liberal MP, Sean Fraser. “It’s stupid. Peter can get you seats in the East,” said one former senior party executive.

Article content But Sharpe said the suggestion did not receive a warm reception from the party. “I got the sense they didn’t want it to happen,” he said. “It struck a bad tone with a lot of people. Nobody in Central Nova would have a better shot than Peter. I’d say it knocked a lot of wind out of the sails of a lot of people.” Central Nova is still without a candidate to take on incumbent Liberal MP, Sean Fraser. “It’s stupid. Peter can get you seats in the East,” said one former senior party executive.