Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

[adma]

Yeah, another one of those Cheech & Chong "earache" alibis...

 

[EagleEye]

Does anyone really believe he was exposed to covid? He's lying, just like he lied repeatedly in council with his brother. He's using it as an excuse to try to explain where he's been since Friday.

Also, for everyone who says he started off doing well during the early days of the virus, let's not forget he told everyone to go away on March break and enjoy themselves. After that, when it really sunk in, he didn't show leadership, he rode on the coat tails of Trudeau and Freeland as they tried to navigate the mess. He doesn't have a clue how to lead properly and he knew right off the bat he was in over his head. It's no different than how he is at press conferences, he either answers as Angry Doug, goes all folksy, or hands off the tough questions to Elliott and others.

 

[Richard White]

Does anyone really believe he was exposed to covid?

Personally I think he is being sidelined due to the boondoggle on Friday. The PC Caucus is probably trying to keep a lid on him to avoid another PR disaster.

 

[Thinker]

Does anyone really believe he was exposed to covid? He's lying, just like he lied repeatedly in council with his brother. He's using it as an excuse to try to explain where he's been since Friday.

Also, for everyone who says he started off doing well during the early days of the virus, let's not forget he told everyone to go away on March break and enjoy themselves. After that, when it really sunk in, he didn't show leadership, he rode on the coat tails of Trudeau and Freeland as they tried to navigate the mess. He doesn't have a clue how to lead properly and he knew right off the bat he was in over his head. It's no different than how he is at press conferences, he either answers as Angry Doug, goes all folksy, or hands off the tough questions to Elliott and others.

No I don’t believe a word. Bomb scare didn’t seem appropriate on this occasion. Too much of a coincidence, he’s been AWOL since the last Friday announcements. If the staffer received a positive test on Tuesday but he’s been hiding days prior. How close was he to know

 

[Richard White]

No I don’t believe a word. Bomb scare didn’t seem appropriate on this occasion. Too much of a coincidence, he’s been AWOL since the last Friday announcements. If the staffer received a positive test on Tuesday but he’s been hiding days prior. How close was he to know

After the 18+ hotspot debacle, then the enhanced police powers situation I think the party is trying to avoid another PR disaster. They know he is shooting his mouth off and causing problems so they are sending him to Elba Island.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Does anyone really believe he was exposed to covid? He's lying, just like he lied repeatedly in council with his brother. He's using it as an excuse to try to explain where he's been since Friday.

Also, for everyone who says he started off doing well during the early days of the virus, let's not forget he told everyone to go away on March break and enjoy themselves. After that, when it really sunk in, he didn't show leadership, he rode on the coat tails of Trudeau and Freeland as they tried to navigate the mess. He doesn't have a clue how to lead properly and he knew right off the bat he was in over his head. It's no different than how he is at press conferences, he either answers as Angry Doug, goes all folksy, or hands off the tough questions to Elliott and others.

He did put the province on lockdown last March, which along with self-controlling behaviour of the public and CERB from the Feds made it palatable. The problem is not taking the second wave seriously - like the mindgames over protecting the schools, letting it spread from Sept-late December before begrudgingly closing down after Christmas; reopening way too soon in February when the number of new cases is still high and the new variants are still in circulation, and the ICU still have a substantial number of patients with COVID - all against recommendation. The warning signs are all over the wall - nobody wanted to read them until it is too late.

AoD

 

[DSC]

After the 18+ hotspot debacle, then the enhanced police powers situation I think the party is trying to avoid another PR disaster. They know he is shooting his mouth off and causing problems so they are sending him to Elba Island.

He is (supposedly) "isolating" - he could (and should) be continuing meetings etc on Zoom and could hold a Zoom press conference. The fact he vanished after the debacle on Friday seems to show he is actually hiding in his basement with blankets over his head and possibly with "family members' guarding the door so he can't escape.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Doug needs a few sick days... so very convenient.


NEW: Premier Ford is currently isolating after being in close contact with a staff member who has since tested positive for #COVID19.

And he get PAID, and without a doctor's note! Unlike the little "folks" he governs.

Just in case, let us pray for Doug Ford...

Psalm 109:8-20
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New International Version​

8 May his days be few;
may another take his place of leadership.
9 May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.
10 May his children be wandering beggars;
may they be driven from their ruined homes.
11 May a creditor seize all he has;
may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12 May no one extend kindness to him
or take pity on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants be cut off,
their names blotted out from the next generation.
14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord;
may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before the Lord,
that he may blot out their name from the earth.

16 For he never thought of doing a kindness,
but hounded to death the poor
and the needy and the brokenhearted.
17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
may it come back on him.
He found no pleasure in blessing—
may it be far from him.
18 He wore cursing as his garment;
it entered into his body like water,
into his bones like oil.
19 May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,
like a belt tied forever around him.
20 May this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil of me.

 

[Northern Light]

From here:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1384864329158336512

Would someone explain to me how the Conservatives could possibly be as high as 35 in Toronto?

That just seems bizarre to me.

 

[DSC]

The last paragraph may explain his inability to listen to (or understand) science!

"His government under siege for its pandemic response, Premier Doug Ford is in seclusion at his late mother’s home after an aide tested positive for COVID-19.

Ford repaired to the family’s sprawling Etobicoke compound on Tuesday night after a young male staffer’s positive COVID-19 test came back.

The premier’s office said the 56-year-old politician, who received his first AstraZeneca shot almost two weeks ago, tested negative for the virus.


But under Toronto public health guidelines, Ford must self-isolate for 14 days after exposure.

It was not immediately clear how many other staffers would have to quarantine — most in the premier’s office have been working remotely for more than a year.

Forced to isolate himself from wife, Karla, and two of his four adult daughters who still live with them, he went to the home of his mother, Diane Ford, who died early last year before the pandemic.

The premier’s personal pickup truck was visible at the Etobicoke homestead.


On Wednesday, Ford’s office was scrambling to get him a laptop computer and to teach him how to use it.

While he has become accustomed to doing remote meetings via Zoom and Microsoft Teams from his office at Queen’s Park, he has technical support there.

Aides say Ford still uses a BlackBerry Classic phone for calls, texts, and emails, but the device is so old that downloading attachments can be challenging.

The premier is so accustomed to the vintage 2014 smartphone that he has a stack of them and gets refurbished models from a Mississauga electronics shop for about $150 a pop."

From: https://www.thestar.com/politics/pr...e-after-aide-tests-positive-for-covid-19.html

 

[Thinker]

The last paragraph may explain his inability to listen to (or understand) science!

"His government under siege for its pandemic response, Premier Doug Ford is in seclusion at his late mother’s home after an aide tested positive for COVID-19.

Ford repaired to the family’s sprawling Etobicoke compound on Tuesday night after a young male staffer’s positive COVID-19 test came back.

The premier’s office said the 56-year-old politician, who received his first AstraZeneca shot almost two weeks ago, tested negative for the virus.


But under Toronto public health guidelines, Ford must self-isolate for 14 days after exposure.

It was not immediately clear how many other staffers would have to quarantine — most in the premier’s office have been working remotely for more than a year.

Forced to isolate himself from wife, Karla, and two of his four adult daughters who still live with them, he went to the home of his mother, Diane Ford, who died early last year before the pandemic.

The premier’s personal pickup truck was visible at the Etobicoke homestead.


On Wednesday, Ford’s office was scrambling to get him a laptop computer and to teach him how to use it."

From: https://www.thestar.com/politics/pr...e-after-aide-tests-positive-for-covid-19.html

So, Ford sought refuge at his late mother’s compound, which if I am not mistaken is the home of Randy and Michael. double cozy with his sister living in an apartment above the garage. Had to be taught how to use a computer?

 

[Richard White]

So, Ford sought refuge at his late mother’s compound, which if I am not mistaken is the home of Randy and Michael. double cozy with his sister living in an apartment above the garage. Had to be taught how to use a computer?

I am surprised he does not know how to use one. I thought it was a required skill for the job.

 

[DSC]

I am surprised he does not know how to use one. I thought it was a required skill for the job.

Required by who? Of course, it might come in VERY useful to have computer skills if you want to do a GOOD job and his apparent lack of computer skills may (partly) explain his FAIL GRADE!

 

[W. K. Lis]

‘We’re gonna make it rain with tickets’: Wasaga OPP officers send renters packing back to Toronto​

From link.

A Huronia West OPP officer told a group of people staying in Wasaga Beach that if they were stopped by police while on the road, they would potentially face a plethora of tickets.

A video of the interaction, captured by a home’s doorbell camera a little after 10 p.m. on April 16, shows two officers showing up to the River Avenue Crescent home and discussing the lockdown order announced earlier in the day by Premier Doug Ford.

In the video, one officer tells the occupants that roadblocks would be set up and police would be actively questioning people in vehicles about where they were from.

“At midnight tonight, it’s roadblocks,” the officer warned the occupants of the home. “If you’re in a vehicle, we’re gonna pull you over and (ask) where you’re from, and if it doesn’t say Wasaga Beach, we’re gonna make it rain with tickets.”

The family lives in the Toronto area and was staying in Wasaga Beach while they were looking for a property to buy in the community. According to Aaron Armstrong, who rented the home to the family, police required the occupants to pack up and head back to the city that night.

Armstrong said officers apparently showed up as the result of a complaint. He noted that two friends of the renters had come up earlier in the day to celebrate a birthday, but that there were still only five people in the house.

Armstrong added his company has gone “to great lengths” to make sure their properties are safe during the pandemic.

While he hasn’t rented as much to tourists during the pandemic, his rentals have still been open for people who are having renovations done to their home, or are between closing dates for a home sale. Renters are required to fill out a form that specifies the unit is not being rented for vacation purposes, and that the occupancy will abide by health recommendations for physical distancing.

He added the interaction between police and his clients, “didn’t sit well with me.”
Detachment Commander Insp. Andrew Tait said officers issued several warnings on Friday night “as part of the education piece” about the stay-at-home order.

He acknowledged that the premier’s announcement earlier in the day had made for a night that was “full of anticipation … we were all waiting for direction and exactly what stance we would be taking.”

The next day, several municipal police services across Ontario announced they would not be enforcing the stay-at-home order — including the possibility of random vehicle stops to check on driver addresses — to the extent suggested by the premier. The province walked back the order for random stops soon after.

However, Tait acknowledged, without having all the facts at hand, the incident may have been “a one-off where an officer was making their own interpretation as opposed to official direction that was given.

“As far as ‘raining’ with tickets, it goes without saying that’s not our purpose and that’s not our role,” he said. “We are, just as much as everybody else, navigating through this.

“Something of that nature, ensuring professionalism of our members, it goes without saying that’s the No. 1 priority for me, and if such comments were made, … to me that’s not acceptable.”

Tait emphasized that it was important to him that officers display professionalism, and “despite the circumstances, we would have to maintain that.”

In a follow-up interview, Tait said that the interaction with the people in the unit — who he said were four young adults ranging in age from 19 to their mid-20s, and from different households in the GTA — was "a very positive encounter" that lasted about 10 minutes.

He added that as the four were from different addresses, and under the current lockdown regulations, indoor social gatherings with individuals from other households is not permitted.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

The last paragraph may explain his inability to listen to (or understand) science!

"His government under siege for its pandemic response, Premier Doug Ford is in seclusion at his late mother’s home after an aide tested positive for COVID-19.

Ford repaired to the family’s sprawling Etobicoke compound on Tuesday night after a young male staffer’s positive COVID-19 test came back.

The premier’s office said the 56-year-old politician, who received his first AstraZeneca shot almost two weeks ago, tested negative for the virus.


But under Toronto public health guidelines, Ford must self-isolate for 14 days after exposure.

It was not immediately clear how many other staffers would have to quarantine — most in the premier’s office have been working remotely for more than a year.

Forced to isolate himself from wife, Karla, and two of his four adult daughters who still live with them, he went to the home of his mother, Diane Ford, who died early last year before the pandemic.

The premier’s personal pickup truck was visible at the Etobicoke homestead.

On Wednesday, Ford’s office was scrambling to get him a laptop computer and to teach him how to use it.

While he has become accustomed to doing remote meetings via Zoom and Microsoft Teams from his office at Queen’s Park, he has technical support there.

Aides say Ford still uses a BlackBerry Classic phone for calls, texts, and emails, but the device is so old that downloading attachments can be challenging.

The premier is so accustomed to the vintage 2014 smartphone that he has a stack of them and gets refurbished models from a Mississauga electronics shop for about $150 a pop."

From: https://www.thestar.com/politics/pr...e-after-aide-tests-positive-for-covid-19.html

Touche:
Michelle “WEAR YOUR DAMN MASK” Jones. @maej43 · 5m

Wait a minute. WAIT A MINUTE. Isn’t this the same Premier who said he didn’t understand why people couldn’t book a vaccine by computer or telephone and essentially called the 60+ and up folks stupid?!?

#Toronto #Onpoli

https://twitter.com/x/status/1384937221002874880

AoD