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OTTAWA — Doug Ford is going to have a lot of fun with Justin Trudeau in the coming months — like a World Wrestling Entertainment villain breaking steel chairs over the head of the good guy.

The new Ontario premier met the prime minister on home territory at Queen’s Park Thursday afternoon in a meeting that was described as “super-heated” by people who were there.

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Even as the two men met, Ford’s office issued a press release saying Ottawa is “100 per cent” to blame for a housing crisis caused by migrants crossing the border illegally and should pay all the costs. A spokesman for the premier said the federal government has encouraged people to cross the border and the resultant “mess” should be cleared up by Ottawa.

Trudeau will be equally enthusiastic about using Ford as a political foil. He took 20 minutes after the meeting to think about his response before emerging to portray himself as the defender of a national vision, while presenting the new premier as an idiot in search of his own village.