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Vote that fat fucking Crack smoking bitch out of office!
Give Ford hell!
I just voted! No matter who you side with, just please vote!
I had a dumb thought: “My riding is very lopsided, I don’t really need to go out today, do I?”
OH, YES I DO. If anyone else thinks that way, then it makes my vote even more important/impactful, and you never know what’s going to happen.
(Also I can get some groceries on my way back. :)
Additionally: some people (i.e.Trump in US elections determined by the electoral college) make a big deal out of general population voting patterns. You should always vote, no excuses.
This especially coming from someone in BC where conservatives suddenly and surprisingly did quite well in a recent election.
I’m unconvinced enough voters are punishing Ford despite all of his mistakes.
Too many people get riled up over national politics and international events while ignoring their civic duties in their community and province. It’s disappointing.
Agreed. In fact, provincial elections are more important than federal ones when it comes to internal matters despite the lack of attention provincial policies get.
The more local an election is, the more it matters to you on a personal level, though Ford is an exception since he’s hyper-focused on ruining Toronto, so he’s way more important than the mayor considering how much he steps right over the city’s own leadership.
I agree - and I’d also highlight that his response to US aggression was pretty decent overall so that’s likely in the front of a lot of voters minds.
Canada didn’t effectively do more than posture because the tariffs were canceled. He claimed intent to cancel a starlink contract and supported tariffs on energy. I’d give him (and gave him at the time) fair credit for his response. I fucking hate him - but his response was supportive of a unified Canadian response which contrasted with our permanent least favorite premiere fucking Smith who tried to weasel out of tariffs in the hope that Trump might roll back oil tariffs specifically.
Since push didn’t come to shove we can’t be certain if it was all posturing but I think it was genuine and I’d even say that the posturing he did was likely helpful in showing Trump that we weren’t going to be pushovers.
