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Ontarians: Don’t let any talking point or any physical threat keep you away from the polls this time. His win is not inevitable. Please, show up and TRY to vote Ford out.
I want to get behind his Captain Canada act as much as the next person, but the media coverage has been absolutely maddening! DoFo is always patriotic when he's campaigning.
We know calling a snap election in the middle of this absolute chaos is bullshit. Mr MZO, Notwithstanding Clause, omnibus bills, continually counter-suing any court decision in our favour, who took away education workers' right to strike just to show they could, made rent control a mystical thing of the past and on and on. This twit wants a Stronger Mandate? To do what, exactly?
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"God bless the President and don’t get me wrong. Full disclosure: I’m a big Republican.” - literally DoFo
“Donald Trump’s a business man. He’s a very successful business man. I think he’s a marketing genius. They needed change down in the US. Obama has been an absolute disaster in my opinion in the US. I run a business, the healthcare costs are going through the roof for not only the businesses, but the people.” - DoFo
“I would love to see Canada be the 51st state. The Canadian citizens, [...] They’d have much better health coverage. I think the people of Canada would like it.” - Trump, Jan 24
Doug Ford may talk a big talk on being the leader of Team Canada, his money-grabbing motives makes him the weak link when it comes to walking the walk. He’s shown himself to be lobbied easily with a big enough donation like the stag and doe party, and he _absolutely _ would fold if some prominent American lobbyists, like the one who has donated substantially towards a Trump presidency makes a relatively small donation to either craft loopholes in any proposed retaliatory measures or just completely back down on the bluff.