Ford takes the easy way out

While gagging unions might make things simpler for Doug Ford, it also makes it harder to safeguard democracy.

If you want an even more egregious example of a Conservative politician taking the easy way out, there’s Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured on the Hill on Nov. 21, 2010, who, rather than battling his opponents, fair and square, decided instead to silence them, using the heavy-handed power of the state, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

June 17, 2021

OAKVILLE, ONT.—Maybe the official motto for Canada’s conservative political parties should be, “We Like to Take the Easy Way Out." After all, it seems to me conservative politicians in this country prefer to avoid tough battles. Consider, for instance, how federal Conservative Party Leader E...

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