It’s not the first time Ontario Premier Doug Ford has talked this way. Read More
’I’ll be all over him like an 800-pound gorilla if they don’t want to work with us,’ says Ontario Premier Doug Ford, warning Prime Minister Mark Carney
‘I’ll be all over him like an 800-pound gorilla if they don’t want to work with us,’ says Ontario Premier Doug Ford, warning Prime Minister Mark Carney
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It’s not the first time Ontario Premier Doug Ford has talked this way.
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He’s done it before.
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He’s done at times when he wants to make clear what he will do if push comes to shove.
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What if Prime Minister Mark Carney ends up being more talk than walk?
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What if Alberta and others get the short end of the Liberal stick again and the anger does not go away?
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Premier Ford is speaking one-on-one with your scribbler.
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“I don’t blame them for being angry,” says Ford, of Albertans.
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“They’re 100 per cent right in not being listened to. They were ignored and treated terribly for 10 years. Those days are done.
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“Let’s give an opportunity to the federal government right now. But I will be the first, I’ll be all over them like an 800-pound gorilla if they don’t want to work with us. I won’t make any bones about it and they know it.”
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Now let’s be clear.
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Ford thinks Prime Minister Mark Carney is a whole lot better than former prime minister Justin Trudeau. The Ontario premier says he will work with anyone, no matter the political stripe.
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But he warns, Carney has to deliver. The Ontario premier says he has been very blunt with the prime minister.
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“He’s a small guy and I told him: I’ll be on you like an 800-pound gorilla.
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“But, you know something, the difference between Mark Carney and Justin Trudeau. Justin Trudeau never ran a business. I don’t know if he was employed.”
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Ford runs through Carney’s business experience.
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“This guy is a smart, bright business person. That’s why I have confidence.”
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Have to ask about a steady stream of emails to this scribbler from southern Ontario readers.
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There are some in Ontario, how many is hard to tell, who say Alberta is whining. Alberta should shut up.
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Ford does not agree.
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“It is absolutely critical Alberta is on the team. They bring opportunities, wealth, jobs right to Ontarians. We have to support Alberta. We have to be united.”
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At a meeting with newshounds Monday morning, Ford and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sign a deal.
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On pipelines going west and east, on rail lines and ports, on transporting oil and gas and critical minerals the two premiers are singing from the same songsheet.