The councillor from Crazy Town has morphed into a premier-in-waiting

New Ontario PC leader Doug Ford has more discipline than his late brother and American President Donald Trump, to which he is often compared.

Doug Ford, the newly elected leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives, has already shown signs he’s prepared to step up his game ahead of the June election, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

March 14, 2018

Premier Doug Ford. Say that three times fast. Then take a breath and let it sink in because it could happen. This candidate is not to be underestimated, regardless of his perceived shortcomings and the circus that often travels with Ford family campaigns. At the outset of the now-concluded—althou...

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