Doug Ford’s base problem

Conservative leaders can’t win an election unless their base is mobilized, energized and happy. This is why Ford and his strategists, who’ll face an election this spring, must be worried.

If nothing else, Erin O’Toole’s recent unceremonious ouster as Conservative Party leader should serve as a cautionary tale to Ontario Premier Doug Ford, writes Gerry Nicholls.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

February 11, 2022

OAKVILLE, ONT.—If nothing else, Erin O’Toole’s recent unceremonious ouster as Conservative Party leader should serve as a cautionary tale to Ontario Premier Doug Ford. And that cautionary tale can be summed up thusly: don’t antagonize your base. That’s what O’Toole did, and he paid the...

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