Ford’s blunt talk is refreshing

Canadian political leaders will have to stand up and fight back with diplomacy, gold-plated negotiating skills, wily charm, facts, and sometimes, they will need to speak bluntly for all to hear, like Ford, because sucking up doesn't appear to be helping either. If this is a good-cop-bad-cop strategy, Ford's doing the bad cop well.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured on Jan. 15, 2025, at a first ministers meeting in Ottawa, wearing a ‘Canada is Not For Sale’ hat.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who is regularly interviewed by major American news networks, put it bluntly last week when he said United States President Donald Trump is the most disliked politician Canadians can think of. He also said most U.S. lawmakers who he talks to feel s...

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