Doug Ford has taken a page out of Donald Trump's playbook. The media, he says, is his enemy. Rob Benzie reports:
Following the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump, Doug Ford is attacking the media.
In an email fundraising blast sent Monday by the Progressive Conservatives, Ford charges that unnamed journalists and news organizations are unfairly targeting him for opposing the federal carbon-pricing measures.
“I don’t know if you get to follow the headlines, but this is bogus. The journalists are out there mocking us,” the premier writes in a missive entitled “They’re laughing at us,” and signed, “Doug.”
“Regular folks who tried to save a few bucks on gas by filling up before the carbon tax kicked in. Maybe these guys don’t care about what gas costs them, but I know how much it matters,” he continues.
“It’s journalists and politicians like these who make it tough for the little guy. They don’t understand there’s a whole world out here, filled with folks just trying to get by.”
His appeal for donations for the Tories does not mention any specific reporter or news outlet.
No one should be surprised. This is another millionaire claiming he's on the side of the little guy -- as he cuts services for the little guy and cuts taxes for guys like himself. And it's the carbon tax that has got under Ford's skin:
Ford’s email appears to have been triggered by some of the online mockery suffered by Tory MPPs — scores of whom took selfies while filling up their tanks on March 31 before the federal measure increased gasoline price by almost 5 cents a litre.
Under Trudeau’s program, which is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, an average Ontario household would pay $244 more a year for gasoline, natural gas and home heating oil.
But families will receive $300 in rebates for a net gain of at least $56 annually. Those rebates will be bankrolled by big industrial polluters.
In recent days, Ford has stepped up his criticism of the media with tweets aimed at journalists who have filed unflattering stories or those he claims are inaccurate.
Like Trump, these people keep stepping in their own incompetence. And they blame those who keep pointing that out.
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2 comments:
Ford, in my opinion, is a lazy, over weight do nothing. Knows how to flap his gums, but that's about it. One of these days, he'll step in it big time and off he'll go.
Guess Ford didn't read about the climate change report and its impact on Canada.
If he is worried about the "little guy" why does he keep picking on kids?
Good question, e.a.f. Once again, the young will pay for Ford's stupidity.
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