With his public tiff over noisy children, Kelly practically wrote the textbook on mismanaging damage control.

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It has been a bad few days for Ottawa politicians. First, Carleton MPP Goldie Ghamari was ejected from the Ontario Progressive Conservative caucus, ostensibly over an ill-advised meeting with a right-wing extremist. West Carleton-March city councillor Clarke Kelly had a bit of a meltdown over little kids making noise outside his office window, then practically wrote the textbook on how not to do damage control.

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In Ghamari’s case, the question is not why she was ejected now, but why it took so long. Premier Doug Ford referred to “repeated instances of serious lapses in judgment and a failure to collaborate constructively with caucus leadership and as a team member.”

The incident that was the tipping point was an online meeting with a dodgy character........

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