Liberal elites Sandra Pupatello and Dalton McGuinty during better times for their governing party. Pupatello has announced her intention to fill McGuinty’s position as the province’s premier, and is also declaring that if she wins the top job, she will keep the doors on the provincial legislature locked until she wins a riding seat somewhere in Ontario. That could keep parliament closed for the better part of next year or more.
Ontario’s Premier Dalton McGuinty, right, smiles with Sandra Pupatello, who became the new minister of international trade and investment, after being sworn into the cabinet by Premier McGuinty on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008 in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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