There’s no turning back from Ford’s brand of authoritarian abuse
Ontario has two massive problems: Doug and Ford.
Just weeks after winning a solid majority victory over a tired and scandal-ridden Liberal Party, Doug has forded the Rubicon.
Over the next four years in this sad province, there will be no turning back from his brand of authoritarian abuse — the kind that transformed Toronto city hall into the World Wrestling Federation when his brother Rob was mayor, and Doug was his tag team partner in slapstick democracy.
As everyone should know by now, democracy is over on voting day, or at least it is as far as successful demagogues are concerned. Winning is license to do anything.
Clearly, Ontario’s Tiny Trump is determined to give Canada another one-man band on the political stage — despite Stephen Harper’s ringing failure on that score. And notwithstanding Donald Trump’s disastrous impersonation of Il Duce south of the border.
No one should be surprised though. The signs were everywhere that Ford would rush to join the spate of “strongman” leaders tainting “democracies” around the world, including the U.S., Russia, the Philippines, Turkey, Hungary and Italy. And yes, that’s Boris Johnson sneaking up behind Theresa May, ready to join the club. People are afraid, and they want Big Daddy, if not Big Brother. Note: Timorous citizens usually do not end up living in democracies.
One early hint about the kind of leader Ford would be, besides his disgraceful performance as a city councillor?
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