September 21, 2023

After violating the sacred trust of the Ontario Greenbelt and doubling down on the wisdom and assumed popularity of his housing plan Premier Ford announces he is reversing his intervention and is pledging to make no changes to the heritage initiative.

The face and the about face

Far be it from me to tell you who to trust, but ethical concerns from a government agency and two ministerial resignations are self-explanatory matters of trust. Mr Ford was sure there was no other way to build homes in Ontario.

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Mr Ford had even resorted to calling out the Canadian Federal government for not having a housing policy that met with his approval and one that met the needs of people who are not even residents of Canada, new immigrants. Ford’s about face may be nothing more than a sobering lack of public confidence in his government and party or a desperate attempt to hang on to supporters who are beginning to look elsewhere for political leadership. Ford’s leadership has been rooted in gimmicks (like buck-a-beer) and power-grabs like dismantling democratic priorities in the city of Toronto government. Can I trust a man who sends in the bulldozers, sees the walls crumbling, then decides It’s a bad idea? May it never be!