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Some “experts” in the media are already mad at Doug Ford. That certainly didn’t take long.

Ford has been the new leader of the PC Party of Ontario for the length of time of a coffee break and the narrative that he is trying to hide a secret agenda has already emerged.

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His crime? Daring not to have a campaign bus for the media to follow him around in when the provincial election officially kicks off in May.

It is hardly as nefarious as some, including Ford’s political opponents, would make it sound.

Traditionally, political parties designate a bus for the media to travel around in, with the party leaders on board, at their numerous campaign stops.

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The media, in turn, pay a significant sum of money to be on the bus.

But here is a reality for many media outlets these days – they simply cannot afford the resources.

That is not to suggest there won’t be scrutiny of the parties and their platforms.