Every time Ford busts out the bazooka to get his way, he’s playing with fire

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s opponents won’t be weak forever; in fact, he could risk accelerating their rebirth if he comes across as the guy who must win every fight.

To have expected Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured, to say he begrudgingly accepted the court’s ruling this week against his Toronto city council cut was never in the cards, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

September 12, 2018

OTTAWA—Premier Doug Ford’s new Ontario government sure knows how to pick a fight. Question is: does it always have to be a racket? Hours after an Ontario court overturned the Ford government’s legislation to shrink the size of Toronto city council, the premier hauled out the bazooka—announc...

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