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Not really a fan of how they've portrayed Ford, avoiding talking about his significant backlashes, or the record low voter turnout to all his elections, but I suppose Ontario has given our approval to him, one way or another.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The right-wing, plain-spoken politician admitted he was initially delighted Donald Trump won re-election and viewed him as an ally.

That's really the only thing that needs to be said. Ford wants to be Trump and he's frankly just mirroring his rhetoric on this.

[–] catsarebadpeople 19 points 2 days ago

Hey, Doug Ford is a piece of shit. Him opposing Trump doesn't change that. Don't forget

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago

Corrupt politician defending his turf from another corrupt politician.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Like his crack smoking brother, ford is not to be trusted

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Not to mention that both brothers were widely known to be distributors in the drug trade.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Yeh Rob was crack smoking but, but fuck he genuinely gave a damn about people. He was actively involved in the community. Not just a career politician type. Rob is probably rolling around in the grave watching the horrors dougie is doing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Wait a sec. He's made bold statements in the news and strutted about a bit.

Aside from really making hay of a bad situation, is there anything he's done that we haven't really done?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He's not taking on Trump. He's undercutting and backstabbing PP so that he can take over leadership of the CPC at some point in the medium-term.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm not a fan of either of them or the various conservative parties in general, but I'd much rather have a Doug Ford led CPC than a PP CPC. I'm not Ontarian though so maybe I'm biased.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I heavily dislike a lot of Doug Ford's decisions he's made for this province, but I can give him credit for not falling into the culture war BS like his federal counterparts.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Is that starlink contract ripped up now? For good and for realsies this time? I get keeping it in limbo as a bargaining tool, but actually following through with it shouldn't still be a serious option - even if the U.S. did a complete 180 today and started trying to walk it all back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I don't believe for a minute he actually tore it up. He's a populist, so he says things that people want to hear, even if those things are lies.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I suppose Ontario has given our approval to him, one way or another.

How? The majority of ballots cast, voted for another party.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

The key part is the majority of ballots cast. Beyond the benefits of MMPR (of which I am fully on board for), we still had a sub 50% voter turnout. If literally half of ontarians can't be bothered to vote, they're agreeing to everything else. I place responsibility for trump with those who voted for him and those who didn't vote - it's the same in this case.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

It seems with the new national unity between liberals and conservatives that they are signaling that Dofo is okay with them while PP is not.

Not surprised to see Doug Jump. The second the provincial election ended he started gearing up for his federal run, and unfortunately the blitz of positive media has really helped improve his image with people who probably voted against him just a few weeks prior to this.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Makes sense to send a former drug dealer to talk to a wannabe mafia boss.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

This you?

(A picture of Doug Ford and three other white men in suits giving thumbs-ups around a big sign that says Welcome to Ontario, Open for Business)