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Ontario election results: populist Doug Ford to become premier
« on: June 08, 2018, 01:43:25 pm »
Ontario election results: populist Doug Ford to become premier
The brother of troubled late former Toronto mayor Rob Ford to become leader of Canada’s most populous province
Ashifa Kassam in Toronto  @ashifa_k   Fri 8 Jun 2018 00.46 EDT
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/08/ontario-election-results-populist-doug-ford-to-become-premier

Doug Ford – the brother of controversial former Toronto mayor Rob Ford – is the new leader of Canada’s most populous province, winning a majority government in a local show of strength for the divisive wedge politics that have rattled much of the world.

Ontario’s Conservatives, led by Ford, won 76 of the 124 seats in the province, with 99% of the polls reporting. Buoyed by promises that included slashing income taxes, reducing the price of gasoline, boosting spending on healthcare and transit and repealing carbon pricing, the Conservatives won 41% of the vote, bringing an end to 15 years of Liberal rule in the province.

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Re: Ontario election results: populist Doug Ford to become premier
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2018, 01:46:43 pm »
Ready to sail!

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Re: Ontario election results: populist Doug Ford to become premier
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2018, 01:49:20 pm »
Does this Ford have a taste for crack too?
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Re: Ontario election results: populist Doug Ford to become premier
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2018, 01:51:09 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on June 08, 2018, 01:49:20 pm
Does this Ford have a taste for crack too?

No...it's alleged that his jam was hashish.  He's denied it, though.

Edit: I can't say "No" for sure. 
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Re: Ontario election results: populist Doug Ford to become premier
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2018, 02:10:37 pm »
les Québécois prolly won't like that outcome! 
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Re: Ontario election results: populist Doug Ford to become premier
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2018, 02:34:50 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 08, 2018, 02:10:37 pm
les Québécois prolly won't like that outcome!

Why do you say that?

This is a good omen for Coalition Avenir Québec.
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Re: Ontario election results: populist Doug Ford to become premier
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Why do you say that?

This is a good omen for Coalition Avenir Québec.

The place is full of French Canadians, you know Fembots.
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Re: Ontario election results: populist Doug Ford to become premier
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2018, 02:45:17 pm »
 :thumbsup:

To see the left on Twitter having a total meltdown this morning is utterly hilarious. Believe it or not, it makes the American left's dismay at Trump look tame.
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Re: Ontario election results: populist Doug Ford to become premier
« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2018, 02:47:32 pm »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on June 08, 2018, 02:45:17 pm
To see the left on Twitter having a total meltdown this morning is utterly hilarious. Believe it or not, it makes the American left's dismay at Trump look tame.

Well, there was a very real possibility of an NDP win.  I think I'd be in just as much of a meltdown facing that!
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Re: Ontario election results: populist Doug Ford to become premier
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