Ford vs. Trump: A tale of two populists during COVID-19 A good piece by Steve Paikin of TV Ontario that touches on a topic I’ve spent quite a bit of time thinking about. If you’ve been here before or know me at all, you’re likely aware that I have little use for either Doug Ford …
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A Place To…No
Update: The list has been trimmed down fairly significantly since it was first published. Here it is as of April 3rd, 2020. Original: The Ontario government has ordered that all non-essential businesses be closed by midnight tonight (the beginning of Wednesday, March 25th) for at least two weeks. But what does that mean, exactly? Who …
One Positive Of This Stupid Coronavirus
It might end up leading to the demise of Doug Ford’s brilliant plan to take everyone’s sick days away from them and his equally brilliant idea of forcing them into clinics and doctor’s offices to get excuse notes and infect even more people in the process. The Ontario government announced Sunday that it was drafting …
Sky Blue, Water Wet
This is really weird, but it turns out that if you give poor people more money, their lives tend to improve. Bewilderingly, when they have the means to afford things like adequate housing, good clothes and decent food, they become healthier, more confident and in some cases, more employable. Like what the hell? Everybody knows …
A-Few-More-Bucks-A-Beer
In some ways, Doug Ford’s buck-a-beer is kind of like unicorns or Bigfoot. There are those who swear it exists in the wild, but most of us have never seen one and we’re pretty sure that those other people might be crazy. And if those other people want to prove to the rest of us …
A Plate To Throw
Ontario to temporarily distribute ‘old’ licence plates while new ones are fixed This is good, but what I don’t understand is why they’re only going to start handing out their stock of old ones on March 5th instead of doing it immediately once they knew there was going to need to be a recall. Giving …
Yours To Decipher
We here in Ontario did end up getting those new licence plates that Doug Ford promised us. They began rolling out at the start of this month, actually. They’re blue with white letters and numbers, which is the opposite of how they used to look, and apparently they say “A Place to Grow” on them. …
We Lost A Court Case? What Do You Mean? I Don’t See Any Court Case Here
Who could have possibly seen this coming? The Ford government is trying to use the new powers it buried in the budget bill to dismiss at least eight lawsuits against it, including ones that it’s losing or has already lost. Tell us about the case of Adam Capay. This is a former inmate who was held …
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Flip, Flop And Ford
It’s been quite fascinating these last few months watching the Ford government have to swallow so much of its own shit as everyone shovels it back on them rather than rolling over and just taking it like they expected we would. It’s especially fascinating when you get to read it in list form and you …
Yes Steve, The Words Cutting And Ford Do Still Appear In The Same Sentence For Other Reasons Now And Then
Ford is cutting 7,000 white-collar jobs No joke, when I saw this, I automatically assumed that the Ford in question was Doug. It isn’t. It’s the car maker. But if you live in Ontario, I’m sure you’ll forgive the mistake. And if you don’t, I hope this helps you better understand what it’s like to …