What, if anything, does Ford’s victory in Ontario actually tell us?

The general consensus seems to be that Ontario Premier Doug Ford gave his federal cousins a wake-up call about successful politicking.

One way to view Doug Ford’s victory can be as support for a pragmatic focus on cost-of-living issues as opposed to aspirational calls to create a fairer and/or greener society, writes Les Whittington. Photograph courtesy of Twitter/fordnation

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

June 6, 2022

OTTAWA—The outpouring of analysis on the re-election of Premier Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservative majority in Ontario makes interesting reading, but it may not amount to much. Ford benefited from the advantage of incumbency and having two main opposition leaders—the NDP’s Andrea Horw...

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