It was a beautiful sunny early Fall afternoon in Newmarket. And down at Riverwalk Commons there was a decent turnout for Dawn Gallagher Murphy's fifth taxpayer funded BBQ. 

Our MPP was flanked as usual by Spiderman and (I think) Marie "let them eat cake" Antoinette.  (Photo right)

The event ran from 2pm-4pm. But after 3.30pm things were seriously winding down.

You could get a camera angle suggesting the place was teeming with people. Or, if you wanted to, you could give the impression it was half deserted.

Here is my selection taken at various times during the afternoon. 

We shall find out in due course how much this cost us.

In the meantime, and while she pulls all the invoices together, I asked ChatGPT to tell me what what Gallagher Murphy has said recently about the deficits being run by the Province.

"The clearest statement I found in Dawn Gallagher Murphy’s own words was in the Legislature on 21 October 2025. She criticized the previous Liberal government for having “raised taxes, ran deficits and allowed Ontario’s credit rating to fall,” then said the Ford government had “restored fiscal discipline and put Ontario’s finances back on track.” So her identifiable personal position in the material I found is that past Liberal deficits reflected mismanagement, while the current government has restored fiscal discipline. Her website simultaneously published forecasts showing continuing Ontario deficits and a later date for returning to balance." 

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