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Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

Mihairokov said:
I don't know. I know the Conservative base is a bit strange these days but I can't imagine there's enough support in the party currently for Ford to consider a run federally under the CPC banner. Even in the Harper heydays it was common for the PCs in Queen's Park to beef with the Conservatives on Parliament Hill. These are two very separate groups and if anything the CPC has moved miles away from where Ford's camp is under Poilievre. I don't know if there's any appetite, or potential, for the CPC to return to a more moderate position in the near-future. It's tough to imagine Ford entering a machine that has been decimated and rebuilt to worship Poilievre.
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CPC is very much an Alberta Conservative party. Doug Ford's folksy pragmatism is anathema to them. He would not pass the purity test. A lot of the PP camp were downright hostile to Doug for not being conservative enough, which is why they belatedly sought to build bridges with the conservative premier of Canada's largest province.
 
I dont really think Ford is that far off ideologically from federal Conservatives.

His family members are all maple Magas for a reason. And at the heart if it he is too. He is just really good at masking it.

The difference between Ford and the CPC is that Ford is driven by filling his own pockets and make his donors (mostly the Vaughan Developer Mafia) richer. Whereas the CPC is driven by the idea of obtaining power
 
Dan416 said:
I'm not sure if I missed it, or if it was posted elsewhere, but Ford is cutting the number conservation authorities from 36 to 7.

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Ontario Newsroom

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There is a proposed map here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/1onno0r/ontarios_proposed_new_conservation_authority
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Plus creating a new new provincial 'oversight' agency. He's long been upset that they keep getting in the way of projects like Hwy 413 and developers wanting to develop sensitive lands. He's already proposed limiting their role in project assessments. I suspect that the oversight agency will be the funding conduit and will slowly strangle them.

I find it interesting that the proposed Huron-Superior CA is split between southern and northern Ontario. That's going to be management nightmare but I suspect he doesn't care.

A lot of CAs rely on volunteers and 'friends of' particular properties to maintain trails, etc. I suspect that will at least diminish or dry up.
 
According to Ontario NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina—Fort York)
https://wawa-news.com/index.php/2025/11/14/glover-ford-seizing-control-of-exhibition-place/
https://www.ontariondp.ca/news/glover-ford-seizing-control-exhibition-place
A provision buried in the Ford government's Fall Economic Statement (Bill 68) allows the government to seize the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) lands owned by the City of Toronto.
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...owned-exhibition-place-under-new-legislation/
... the office of Stan Cho, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming, said: “To be clear, we are not taking over Exhibition Place. These legislative amendments are intended to be a back stop measure for all authorities in partnership to work together to rebuild Ontario Place in a timely manner.”
The office said earlier in the day that the amendment will make it easier to deal with construction obstacles as they arise, like turning off a water source or running a new power line, without running into red tape.
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Exhibition Place was originally part of "New Fort York", created after the War of 1812. The city got permission from the Canadian government to use the western section for the Toronto Industrial Exhibition, which first took place in 1879. Wondering if the current federal government has a say on what can happen with their garrison grounds or not?
 
Amare said:
Surprise surprise, Doug wants to override more municipal bylaws so he can do whatever he pleases.

Why doesnt he just override the entire City of Toronto Act at this point while he's at it, it's clear he couldn't care less for municipal policies.
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Doug Ford's goal...
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www.thestar.com

Secret data reveals which low-scoring applicants still received millions of dollars from the Ford government’s skills fund

Secret government data obtained by the Star shows 26 applicants scoring 50 per cent or lower received $36.6 million from Premier Doug Ford's controversial Skills Development Fund earlier this year.
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Secret data reveals which low-scoring applicants still received millions of dollars from the Ford government’s skills fund​


Secret government data obtained by the Star reveals Premier Doug Ford’s controversial Skills Development Fund doled out $36.6 million to 26 recipients whose applications received scores of 50 per cent or worse.
One of the biggest beneficiaries, the Carpenters District Council of Ontario, submitted a proposal that bureaucrats scored at 52 per cent but still received $14 million for a 12-month project to merge its unions’ skills fund training programs into a single entity.
According to the internal documents that Labour Minister David Piccini has repeatedly refused to make public, the database entry beside the Carpenters’ ”$14,000,000” said the money awaited “Minister for signature.”


All payments over $5 million were personally signed off by Piccini, who faces accusations from opposition parties of picking favourites to benefit from the $2.5-billion worker training fund.
 
...they seem to be more supportive of fattening the wallets of their friends than helping the rest of us get ahead. /sigh
 
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