SooToday received this letter calling for Sault Ste. Marie MPP Chris Scott to step down.
Chris Scott needs to go. Full stop.
He talks about privacy, innocence, and “carrying on,” but what we see is not courage. What we see is cowardice.
A leader who cannot put his community ahead of his pride is not a leader at all. He is a man clinging to a title while Sault Ste. Marie is left voiceless at Queen’s Park.
The mayor has said it. The Ontario Federation of Labour has said it. Angie’s Angels have said it. The chorus is deafening: resign. Yet he refuses to hear it. Instead, he digs in his heels while the people he claims to serve pay the price.
Representation is not a participation ribbon. This job demands trust, respect, and credibility. He has lost all three. Every day he stays, our community shrinks on the provincial stage. Every day he insists he can “carry on,” he proves just how out of touch he claimed he wasn’t when he was parachuted into the community.
He calls service an honour. In reality, he is dishonouring the very seat he holds. A real leader knows when the fight is about them and when it is about the people. Right now, Chris Scott has made it painfully clear that this is all about him.
Let’s be blunt. This is not resilience. It is selfishness dressed up as duty. It is pride masquerading as principle. It is cowardice pretending to be strength.
If he had an ounce of the integrity he claims, he would step aside. Resignation is not weakness. It would be the first courageous act he has shown since he landed in the Sault.
Sault Ste. Marie deserves better than this circus. We deserve a voice that is heard in Queen’s Park, not drowned out in scandal. The people are ready to move forward. The only thing standing in the way is Chris Scott.
It is time for him to leave.
Kate Davies
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.