Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Blair McCreadie

Although there's plenty of news stories referencing Blair McCreadie, the corporate lawyer and not the real estate executive. Simply being an elected president of a political party was not notable enough for inclusion to Wikipedia.

The article Blair McCreadie only served the purpose of self promotion, and was written like a resume to promote his law career at Fraser Milner Casgrain, and later became Dentons. Part of the reason for having this page was to distinguish himself from another Blair McCreadie who works in the greater Toronto area in the real estate sector. McCreadie is now managing his own social media, primarily on Linkedin where he has full control of it.

During McCreadie's tenure as Ontario PC Party president, and of his time following it; any contentious issues about the leadership of John Tory, and Tim Hudak had been removed without being put into the talk page to save face. Probably the most concerning, was McCreadie's involvement in defending a 2003 party organizing session that included a prominent British Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell as key note speaker, who's invitation was considered controversial for his links to a European political group said to have ties a youth wing of Alleanza Nazionale, the party that descended from Mussolini’s Fascists. This entry was supported by left wing tabloid Now Magazine edition of 10–17 September 2003, and the links supporting Rosindell's background was written in The Guardian edition of 2 May 2001. This was embarrassing to McCreadie, and many referred to him as Ontario's own Neville Chamberlain.

McCreadie is considered today as someone that had once been a strong voice in the party in the years after the defeat of interim Premier Ernie Eves, and has recently settled into local politics as a riding president, and at that, he had not been successful in uniting the right wing factions of the Parkdale-High Park riding he oversees. McCreadie presided over much turmoil at the end of the Hudak era in 2014, including a revolt lead by a now deceased WWII military veteran, and retired insurance executive by the name of Richard "Dick" Field. The revolt forced the party to nominate a new candidate in the 11th hour and it was unsuccessful in garnering the required 15% of the vote for a refund of the deposit paid to Elections Ontario, despite best efforts by Sun News Network to cover the riding's new candidate, a close friend of Jason Kenney and John Baird. Field's email to the riding executive and federal Immigration Minister Kenney is archived as below:

Richard Field <*********@sympatico.ca>

To: jason.kenney@parl.gc.ca

RE: Prospective or appointment of Parkdale High Park - Ms Ghina Al-Sewaid

Apr. 10, 2013 at 11:22 p.m. Dear Jason;- I am given to understand that Ms. Ghina Al Sewaidi, a well qualified lawyer originally from Iraq has either been appointed or is about to be appointed to represent the PC in my Parkdale-High Park Riding. Either way, and despite her professional qualifications and experience I would recommend you carefully examine the Parliamentary Committee evidence record of the "Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration;"  Monday April 7, 2008. (39th Parliament, 2nd Session). See URL below. To cut to the key issues concerning this lady and her associates you will find: 1. Ms Al Sawaidi is in the business of bringing mainly Islamic refugees from Iraq, Syria, and other Middle East countries. It is a business, big business. It is not a totally pro bono activity. 2. Most of the guests presenters she introduced to the Committee were extremely critical of Canada's "poor" record of bringing Iraqi displaced people to Canada. The impression given is that Canada has an obligation to satisfy UN or other counties refugee criteria and ignore the immigrant needs of Canada and that we are somehow culpable for the terrible conditions Iraqi citizens because we participated in the US led war against Saddam Hussein. 3. When the issue of costs to Canadians was raised, the response was that we (the various organizations she and her guests represent) will find fellow Iraqi Canadians that will guarantee their financial costs. We all know how well that works. Our subsidized housing and welfare roles are filled with such immigrants. They also make the point that the Iraqi community is prepared to help these poor people when they come to Canada, quote "to call 911, to direct them to OHIP office etc". 4. The Hon. Jim Karyglannis raised the question, that the Chair Mr. Norman Doyle (St. John's East, CPC) and others invited the guest organizations to answer as to whether one particular religion was a problem in gaining access to Canada. The issue was dodged; nobody deigned to answer. In summary Jason, if Ms Al-Sewaidi is appointed and becomes an MPP for the PC, she will be working totally against your recently carefully explained policy of not bringing Syrian refugees to Canada because we would be importing many terrorists along with them and it is an impossibility to tell who is and who is not a terrorist. We have that battle on our hands as it is. Respectfully, Dick Field, 416-***-****  ** Southport St, Toronto, On M** *** copies: to Montgomery Tavern Society Members and Associates and my Riding President and Vice President. http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=3392277&Mode=1&Language=E

It is unclear what, if any future McCreadie has in politics given his Parkdale-High Park riding has not been Conservative since it's first general election in 1999. Previously the former upper-middle class riding of High Park-Swansea, and where he resides had briefly been Progressive Conservative for one term in the 1995 sweep of Mike Harris. In comparison, the more working class half of the former riding of Parkdale had not been Progressive Conservative since 1959. It would be very unlikely for McCreadie to run in this riding, and would only do so in the 905 if the opportunity presented itself.

Mountaineer519 (talk) 03:46, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

I beleive that although Blair has notability and is known across Ontario, this article does not seem to attempt to elabourate on his career, nor does it explain relevance that he has to the province.