Ontario Premier Doug Ford expressed concern about Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential bid in the United States.

Sanders, a 78-year-old socialist, witnessed some early success in the Democratic presidential primary on Monday after winning the popular vote during the first counting of the Iowa caucuses. A front-runner for the crowded field of Democrats has not broken free, but Ford warned that America should steer clear of socialism.

Ford, who leads the Canadian province and has been compared to President Trump, explained that his administration is still paying down the debt racked up by previous administrations who tried to deliver on government-funded promises without a plan.

“Socialism doesn’t work. Raising taxes doesn’t work. Show me anywhere in the world that it works; it doesn’t,” Ford said at a Canadian American Business Council event on Friday. “Lowering taxes with people and with businesses, that’s how we thrive in our province and right across the United States.”

The forum’s moderator joked that he should reiterate that statement to Sanders. Ford replied, “That’s actually scary. It is. It is.”

“Let’s see what happens in the election,” Ford added. “But right now, again, the economy is booming here. It’s booming in Ontario, and we hope the election is going to turn out the right way. Literally, the right way.”