OPP deputy was fired by Ford government without any official warning, his lawyer says, online, March 6

Doug Ford must think we’re all as

gullible as his supporters if he thinks Ontarians will believe there was no political interference in the selection of Ron Taverner and the firing of Bill Blair.

All those Cons who are screaming about Trudeau’s interference in a court case should be equally outraged by Ford’s ongoing contempt for doing the right thing.

And how can a 72-year-old be a serving police officer anyway?

When did he last pass the physical fitness test required of frontline officers? Can he chase down and subdue a suspect resisting arrest?

Can he hit the broad side of a barn with his service weapon? I’m 62 and I can’t do the first two.

The OPP needs a highly-qualified, competent leader, not a political crony about whose selection the premier has to tell lies in order to con the public into accepting him.

Jeff Rankin-Lowe, London

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