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AJAX — Since Premier Kathleen Wynne already called Doug Ford a “Donald Trump” style “bully,” the PC Leader had a message for her of his own.

“I want to know why is she driving around the province on the back of the taxpayers’ money” while “we are driving around on our own dime?” Ford asked Wednesday evening.

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His challenge was obvious. Why wait until May 9 to drop the writ for the June 7 election? Make the Liberal Party pay for her campaign events — especially when she’s taking nasty, personal shots.

“Lets get this show on the road,” said Ford.

Albeit unofficially, this election race is now very much underway after Wynne hammered Ford mercilessly earlier in the day.

“Doug Ford sounds like (U.S. President) Donald Trump and that’s because he is like Donald Trump. Ugly, vicious, a brand of politics that traffics in smears and lies,” said Wynne.

Calling Ford a “bully” Wynne also said “he’ll say anything about anyone at any time because, just like Trump, it’s all about him.”