Doug Ford's dumpster fire explains why Ontario tolerates years of Liberal mismanagement: Robyn Urback

By Robyn Urback · CBC News ·

The same sorts of scandals, plus austerity measures, lead to an unhappy province

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford's first year in office has been marred by scandals and backtracking on unpopular policy announcements.

I can't decide which scenario I prefer: either Doug Ford's team is so hopelessly incompetent it couldn't have foreseen the problem with, for example, granting a $165,000 patronage appointment to a 26-year-old family friend of then-Ford chief of staff Dean French, or the premier's office is brimming with Ontario Liberal sleeper agents who are quietly setting fires to pave the way for a triumphant Liberal comeback in just three years' time.

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