Doug Ford

Columnists

Jul 12, 2019

Ford, Scheer and Kenney deliver flapjacks and havoc at Calgary Stampede

How fitting that a wrecking crew of conservatives met at the Calgary Stampede where they sported cowboy hats and jeans, flipped pancakes for the cameras and fumed about the federal carbon tax.

Blog

Jul 11, 2019

Fact checks and firsthand accounts of key Ford government cuts

Maya Bhullar

To help you fight back and organize this summer, the Activist Toolkit has pulled together links to accounts and fact checks for some of the Ford government's cuts.

In cahoots

Jul 9, 2019

List of the Ford government health care cuts to date

The Ontario Health Coalition is keeping a running account of all the cuts to health care by the Ford government. They also explain the impact of the initiatives which are not easy to quantify.

Columnists

Jun 28, 2019

Despite government reset, Ford's main problem remains

Antonia Zerbisias

Broadsides

That timeworn joke about shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic certainly applied this month when Ontario Premier Doug Ford kicked his A-team ministers below deck and into lesser cabinet positions.

Columnists

Jun 21, 2019

Trudeau and Ford's death embrace is a sign of political posturing to come

Rick Salutin

Justin must thank God for Doug. What else has he got? He's the last neoliberal standing and he's not running on it, he's burdened by it.

Blog

Jun 21, 2019

A Pride list: incomplete and heartbreaking

Roy Mitchell

Right now, we're all rainbows and celebration, but this time of year will pass and we won't see rainbows splashed over logos and flying from flagpoles the rest of the year.

News

Jun 17, 2019

Ontario legal aid cuts will harm refugees

Marites N. Sison

The effects of these cuts will be "severe -- both for the individuals affected and for the justice system," says Toronto-based lawyer.

News

Jun 14, 2019

Fickle Ontario could be key to the federal election

Paul Barber

A deeply unpopular provincial regime can harm the prospects of its federal counterpart, a clear and present danger for Andrew Scheer.

Columnists

Jun 14, 2019

Who's pulling the strings in the Conservative Party?

Broadsides

Antonia Zerbisias

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer may be on show. But he's not the man -- or men -- orchestrating the moves of the Conservatives.

Columnists

Jun 6, 2019

Ontario Conservatives should scrap the privatized Highway 407 contract

Linda McQuaig

Doug Ford has shown a willingness to rip up contracts with business. Why not be bold and discard the mother of all Ontario's bad deals with business -- the privatization of Highway 407?

Doug Ford

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