[NEWS] Five politics links: Ontario, Québec, NDP, Prince Andrew, Alberta

[rfmcdonald]

• Enzo DiMatteo suggests at NOW Toronto that Ford wants Scheer to lose, so Ford will have a chance with the federal Conservatives, here.


• Jonathan Montpetit writes at CBC Montreal about the conservative nationalism that has become mainstream in Québec under the CAQ, here.


• Robyn Urback writes at the CBC about the failure of the NDP under Jagmeet Singh to capitalize on the weakness of the two dominant parties, here.


• I do think that the rumoured connections of Prince Andrew to the Epstein network could easily become a huge unexpected crisis for the British royal family. VICE reports.


• Max Fawcett at MacLean's is probably right to note that, to be taken seriously, Alberta should stop voting Conservative. His arguments are here.