The Doug Delusion

I don't want to trash the Premier of Ontario and his government...wait, yes I do! I was discouraged when the Conservatives did a U-turn on being "progressive" and elected the regressive Doug Ford as leader of their party. I was disgusted with the people of Ontario when they elected the Conservatives in 2018, even though the scandal-plagued Liberals needed to go. 

I am encouraged to see that the gullible populace has shown its disfavour with the tactics of the government to cut costs even though this will affect the quality of education, healthcare, the environment, and programs for the poor and just about everyone else.  The blatant lie of cutting costs through "efficiencies" has been exposed for what it is and most Ontarians appear to have concluded that "for the people" means nothing, other than cronyism. 

I mentioned before that I attended a debate on poverty issues here in the Bay of Quinte riding during the election campaign. I was there as a Christian with a commitment to providing dignity for those who live on the margins and Conservative candidate, now MPP, Todd Smith, made the right noises. He and virtually every member of Ford's cabinet should be ashamed of what they said then and are doing now. 

Ford claims people are coming up to him and saying that he should "stay the course" on the draconian changes they've made to the fabric of this province. Well, those people are in the minority, according to every poll in the past few months. It's interesting that Ford has become so politically toxic that the federal Conservatives don't want to even mention his name.

 Just keep living the delusion Mr. Ford, and see how that turns out. Or perhaps your gang can become true populists and discover what it means to govern for everyone.