The Mental Wandering of the Avatar

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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Predictions and forecasts?


I have been spending a lot of time recently at the (J.S.) Macdonald Block in Toronto (the 1st 2 floors of the main Ontario government complex across from Queen's Park). The other parts of the complex include the (Sir Oliver) Mowat, (Sir James) Whitney, (Sir William Howard) Hearst and (Mitchell) Hepburn Blocks and the Ferguson Block. Around the corner is the Drew Block. Nearby is the (Leslie) Frost Building.

Nonetheless, in all of this there are some rather monumental names in Ontario History of Premiers with buildings named after them.....which leaves the question of "Who in the future will also get this designation or honour? And, in what order?"

Some predictions.....

1st - John Robarts - too widely recognized already in other areas (A Library at UofT and a building at UWO for example) not to....

2nd - Bill Davis - Only 2nd because Robarts doens have one yet - otherwise a no-brainer.

3rd - Now it is contentious....
Frank Miller is out (who remembers him - in office in Ontario less than Joe Who was in Ottawa)
David Peterson - Maybe......minority government then made bad decisions.....that is his legacy.
Ernie Eves - see Frank Miller with a majority government - more known as a Cabinet minister

That leaves Mike Harris and Dalton McGuinty........unless dalton wins a 3rd majority, I would expect it to go with Mike Harris...love him or hate him...changed the province in ways that were not reversed (let History decide in the distant future)......his odds go up if there is a PC government at the time. Otherwise Dalton is next...even moreso if he wins a 3rd election.

Seems Strange.......