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Sam Sullivan for Governor General?
This one-term mayor's Order of Canada and Conservative ties aren't enough to put him in the G-G's seat.
Sam Sullivan's Order of Canada might be his ticket in.
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'No Effort to Secretly Give Money to NPA': Sullivan
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Mayor Sam changed the game. Now everyone wants to play.
I like the fact that people underestimate me. You know, they pat me on the head and then I rip their throat out. --- Sam Sullivan
Is it remotely possible that Sam Sullivan, the most discredited Vancouver mayor in recent memory, someone rejected to run again in 2008 by his own party -- could be Canada's next Governor-General?
The Toronto Star thinks Sullivan is a front runner.
If so, heaven help us! Stephen Harper help us! Please don't replace the elegant and effective Michaëlle Jean with Sam Sullivan!
Sullivan was the most hapless mayor this city has seen in a long time -- and we've had some real doozies.
But to recap -- Sullivan was such damaged goods that by the end of his only term as mayor Non-Partisan Association members nominated then-councilor Peter Ladner to replace him as their 2008 election candidate.
Ladner launched his campaign to unseat Sullivan by saying: "Overall I feel the mayor has lost the confidence of voters...When I'm part of a team and I see the ship headed for the rocks, I feel an obligation to change course."
The NPA agreed and dispatched Sullivan.
So would the prime minister really appoint as Canada's head of state and commander-in-chief someone who couldn't even maintain the backing of his own party members and expect him to hold this country's confidence?
Then there's Sullivan’s, shall we say, "colourful" record in office.
Helping a drug addict buy crack and bring it back to Sullivan's van to smoke so the then-city councillor could learn from the experience.
Allowing a four-month Vancouver civic workers strike to go on when every other municipality in the Lower Mainland easily settled their negotiations, leading it to be called "Sam's Strike."
Sullivan even said during the strike that resolving a dispute that took thousands of workers off the job and paralysed city operations was not his "top priority" as mayor!
To be fair, Sullivan has done some admirable work with disability issues -- which has won him the Order of Canada -- and is one reason why, along with being a westerner and having Conservative links, he may be considered. But even there controversies abound.
The Tyee discovered that five directors on the board of a non-profit society Sullivan formed didn't even know they had donated over $5,000 to the NPA.
The Nanitch Policy Society -- not a charity -- also funded some of Sullivan's efforts to defeat the ward system in a 2004 city referendum.
Sullivan refused to speak to The Tyee's Monte Paulsen at the time -- but two full years later penned a long "clarification" that does not refute the central points.
As to why Sullivan hadn't responded to interview requests or cleared up the controversy in two years, he wrote: "Hey, I was the mayor and I was busy."
All told -- and there are many more unanswered questions, such as who funded Sullivan's personal political war chest -- the one-term mayor is not the candidate Canadians want to see as governor-general.
He wasn't even the candidate his own party wanted to return as mayor.
Where can I sign the citizens inititiative petition started by Bill Vander Zalm against the Harmonized Sales Tax?
It's the biggest question I get -- so check www.FightHST.com for locations. Or come to St. James Community Centre at 3214 West 10th in Vancouver on Wednesday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. to hear me and Surrey-Green Timbers MLA Sue Hammell on the HST and sign there. ![[Tyee]](http://thetyee.cachefly.net/ui/img/ico_fishie.png){kind=small}
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CanadianLatitude
2 years ago
Does he speak french? If no
Does he speak french? If no he will never get the job.
Time for Canada to grow up and abolish the British Monarchy from Canada.
RickW
2 years ago
Sheila Watt-Cloutier for GG!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Watt-Cloutier
freebear
2 years ago
Me for G.G.
I live in the West (Edm. Cgy, Fort Nelson, Campbell River, but born in Montreal.
I can speak French a whole lot better than Sam Sullivan or John Furlong!
I educated citizens on Grizzly Bears in Alberta.
I know how to canoe!
DPL
2 years ago
My mind boggles at the
My mind boggles at the thought of such a clown getting such a job. Even Harper couldn't be dumb enough for such a event. Let's keep the present GG for a few more years.
barney
2 years ago
Are you serious?
Sullivan for GG?
Please tell me this is a belated April Fool's joke.
Fiat lux
2 years ago
If they offer the job to me
If they offer the job to me I'll decline, as I have all kinds of important work to be done around the farm. Like cleaning out the chicken house, spread manure, etc.
Just building a rock rake for the tractor and then have to paint all kinds of beautiful nudes of and for ladies who modeled.
All of which are far more important than running around in fancy clothes with medals that don't mean nuthin'.'
Not to mention consorting with politicians of Harper's calibre !!!!! Yukk !!!!
Ed Deak.
W Laurier
2 years ago
Tasteless...
Bill, this article is tasteless in the extreme...not a surprise, really.
I would like to see Romeo Dallaire as Governor General. Louis MacKenzie would also be a good choice and more in Harper's taste.
I would put my money on a Con from Alberta, though.
dave49
2 years ago
A kid's joke
What's the definition of useless? A screen door on a submarine.
I would add another answer: Sam Sullivan as Governor General. OMG!!!!!
Polakite
2 years ago
MAVERICK!
That's Sam Sullivan.
Of course there's Christy Clark but I think PMSH is too far right to hire her.
Of course there's Gordon Campbell.
Bill Tielman, what say you? You get to watch BCLibs dogfight for the Premiership afterward...
Polakite
2 years ago
MAVERICK!
That's Sam Sullivan.
Of course there's Christy Clark but I think PMSH is too far right to hire her.
Of course there's Gordon Campbell.
Bill Tielman, what say you? You get to watch BCLibs dogfight for the Premiership afterward...
W Laurier
2 years ago
I wish it were
"Please tell me this is a belated April Fool's joke."]
No, it is kicking a disabled man when he is down.
Classy, Bill. Really classy.
alive
2 years ago
not a contender
Please quit that disabled bullshit, eh Laurier?
SS's main disability is that he is brain-dead!
Fiat lux
2 years ago
Braindead, or so called
Braindead, or so called "conservative"?
Ed Deak.
lynn
2 years ago
freebear seems a really good choice -
freebear seems a really good choice - how can we go wrong with a guy who can create a slogan like "Me for G-G" ;-)... and, (especially these days), it's a rare and wonderful thing to find a person who can actually paddle their own canoe!
Then there's Ed Deak who should be a serious contender.... if life were fair... though gotta admit that's a pretty delightful life he would have to sacrifice:
"Just building a rock rake for the tractor and then have to paint all kinds of beautiful nudes of and for ladies who modeled."
Bob Watts
2 years ago
Rick Hansen for GG
Yes Rick is a man of honour and would make a great GG.
I'm Disabled and I saw nothing happen for the Disabled during Sam's time in office. He had a chance to help all Disabled people in Canada maybe the world and, and, and, nothing...........
Harper wants people as GG that are just so called normal people, like a chinese woman, a black woman, in BC a first nations person....This time a Disabled person, please vote Rick Hansen.
Organic_Seawater
2 years ago
Helena Guergis for GG
I propose Helena Guergis for GG. My proposal is based on the Peter Principle! Others who should be shortlisted besides Sam Sullivan, are Rahim Jaffer, and Stephen Harper.
The advantage of Harper nominating himself is that he wouldn't need to go cap in hand to Rideau Hall to ask for elections, proroguations, etc.
samuidave (not verified)
2 years ago
He was a hack as a lawyer
down on Main Street and a pathetic mayor.
But, then again, my momma always told me if I couldn't say anything nice....
Taking that into consideration, it looks to me like Sullivan is a fine and fitting candidate for the office of the Governor-General.
Fiat lux
2 years ago
Rick Hansen is doing a
Rick Hansen is doing a fantastic job where he is and it would be a great waste to make a useless puppet out of him.
How about Jimmy Pattison, to stop him "creating wealth" at least for a few years ?
Ed Deak.
deeby
2 years ago
Harper won't appoint one....
...but the GG should be someone who understands and respects parliament as an institution.
People like Joe Clark and Ed Broadbent come to mind. Even Presto might do....
We need somebody who can stand up to him when the next frivolous prorogation request is submitted.
freebear
2 years ago
Monty Robinson for G.G.!
Or Raheem Jaffer!
barney
2 years ago
Proposal
Here's a novel proposal to solve the issue once and for all. Dissolve the office of GG and let us do what we should have done 100 years ago: relieve the Queen of her duties and move Canada toward becoming a true republic. We might even get a more progressive electoral system and a real senate in the process!
samuidave (not verified)
2 years ago
barney, I agree
The time for bloodline entitlement and deferment must stop as well. I propose we get rid of the churches while we are removing the entrails of the dark ages.
Skywalker
2 years ago
A flop as mayor
What qualifies a flop as mayor to be the next GG? Is this just a need to have a person with a disability in the post now that we have had a person of colour. There are much better choices.