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Doug Ford calls on federal workers in Ottawa to return to office (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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"They have to get people back to work," Premier Doug Ford said during a press conference on Thursday in Ottawa, standing next to Mayor Mark Sutcliffe.

"It sounds crazy. I'm begging people to go to work for three days β€” not that they aren't working at home, but it really affects the downtown."

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

So we're supposed to truck ourselves for an hour or more in a car, at our expense, to spend money in a downtown that we can't afford to live in, so that landlords--who are already rich--can get richer? How about landlords pull themselves up by their bootstraps, stop buying lattes and avocado toast, and cancel their Disney+ subscription?

Also:

  • This is rich, coming from a guy who avoids downtowns where possible, and ran away and hid when the Convoy occupied Ottawa
  • If you want people to live downtown, how about providing for actual affordable housing in downtown? Get out your chequebook and fucking build it, Doug.
[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

Yes, that's exactly what he wants. Ford wants you to be miserable, develop commute related mental health problems, burn through your money buying lunch since you don't have time to make it at home, miss time with your family, gain weight, pollute the atmosphere and then leave at the end of the day be a use you can't afford to live there. All so corporate landlords and restaurant owners can get their God given cut of your money.

Meanwhile, of course, he is whining about the high cost of living while he schemes to increase it for everyone who works at home.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Hmm... I'm starting to get the impression this Doug Ford guy is a bit of a hypocrite....