Doug Ford has announced Ontarians will go to the polls this February. Even though he is only 2.5 years into his current regime, Ford says he needs “a strong mandate” from the people to deal with Donald Trump and his proposed tariffs. And definitely not because of an imminent RCMP investigation or because once Pierre Poilievre becomes PM, Ontario voters will likely vote against the party in power in Ottawa just as they have in every election for decades.
So we thought it would be a fun refresher to take a look at all the things Doug Ford was happy to do without asking people’s permission. Take a trip down extremely recent memory lane with us.
1. Immediately closed the Science Centre because of a minor roof issue
2. Sold off Ontario Place to a spa company while spending billions of dollars of taxpayer money to fund construction of their facility
3. Underfunded provincial healthcare by 3.5 billion in 2020 alone (In fairness there wasn’t much need for public healthcare spending during a pandemic or anything)
4. Forced people to wade through Staples stores to access provincial services
5. Repeatedly invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to override individual rights
6. Spent hundreds of millions to get beer into convenience stores a bit earlier than he would have been able to otherwise
7. Repeatedly interfered in Toronto municipal politics because he’s still mad city wouldn’t elect him mayor
8. Abolished Rent Control (this one he specifically promised not to do)
9. Sold off the Greenbelt to developers who happened to be very generous gift givers at his daughter’s wedding
10. Appointed unqualified friends and supporters to plum positions making hundreds of thousands a year
Ok actually there’s a lot more but you get the gist. Of course all of these pale in importance to the need to stand up to Donald Trump on tariffs, a position basically everyone in Canada except Danielle Smith agrees on. Anyway, good luck in the election Mr. Premier!
Jesus Christ is King
