There's no shame in being on radio -- and in fact, for a man of Tory's intelligence and good heart (and he is a good person -- look at his charitable work which he never really pressed in politics) a radio show may offer some real opportunity to say the right things even if they are unpopular. Look at Spider Jones -- he can say things no one with ambitions of being elected could ever say.
(Now, I suspect no blog anywhere has ever compared John Tory to Spider Jones before)
John Tory to host show on CFRB
Former Progressive Conservative leader John Tory has a new radio show and, coincidentally, the MPP ejected from caucus for criticizing him on-air is returning to the party fold.
Tory, who resigned as leader on March 6 after losing a by-election in Haliburton, has been named host of a new CFRB call-in show starting this Sunday at 8 p.m.
"It's not going to be all about politics. I hope it's about issues – I would plan to steer it away from a preoccupation with politics just because I think that would be boring and predictable," he said in an interview yesterday.
Tory was a radio reporter in the 1970s before entering business and politics. He said the new part-time job would not preclude him from other career opportunities.
The John Tory Show will also air on Hamilton's CHAM 820 and CKTB 610 in St. Catharines.
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