cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26311927
cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/21935385
Speaking Monday at a mining convention in downtown Toronto, Ontario Premier Doug Ford doubled down on threats to cut electricity exports to U.S. border states if the tariffs go through.
And as a long term goal, let’s get proportional representation: !fairvote@lemmy.ca. We are trying to restore control of government back to the people!
Says the two-faced, Trump-loving, corrupt, self-serving little fascist.
You know, everyone here is basically saying Ford is pro-Trump and this is fake, but I’d like to point out he has gotten along really well with Trudeau behind closed doors, and he has a fresh mandate that would allow him to not say this if he wanted. He’s a transphobe IIRC and definitely a blowhard, but maybe he’s on the right side this time.
I am not a Ford fan, but I do trust his motives. He doesn’t want the US to destroy us because he wants to continue enriching himself and his friends. Trade wars are bad for capitalism. He is a capitalist. Free trade is good at making people rich. Trade wars are not.
So no, I don’t think Ford is pro-Trump. He’s pro-profit and when Trump was all about business, he supported some of what Trump said, now that Trump has shown he is anti-business, Ford is against him.
There is no doubt in my mind.
DO IT YA COWARD
Alternate source: Ford doubles down on threat to cut off energy to U.S. amid spectre of trade war
When Ford triggered the election in late January, he appealed to voters for the “largest mandate in Ontario’s history” to help his government navigate four years of the Trump administration.
The PCs picked up 80 seats — a sizeable majority of 17, but only one more than at dissolution and three fewer than they won in 2022.
Despite the result and costly price tag, Ford said Monday the election was “100 per cent” worth it.
Well… yeah. He got a Superbowl ad for himself during an international crisis. He got to be CanadaMan on the world stage. Ontario having to shell out for our second provincial election in 3 years is a small price to pay.
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