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TORONTO — More than 200 followers showed up for the acclamation party for Ontario PC leader Doug Ford in North Etobicoke.

Party members cheered loudly and wildly at the Toronto Congress Centre, on Dixon Rd., where Ford officially became a candidate in the June 7 election.

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“This is about moving this province in the right direction down the road, a road of prosperity that this province has never seen before,” Ford said in his opening statement.

“We are going make sure that we reduce taxes, not increase taxes. Put money back into the taxpayers pockets instead of the governments pocket.”

Party president Jag Badwal made the official pronouncement, acclaiming Ford as the Tory candidate for the riding of Etobicoke North.

“(The Liberals) forgot that the people are smarter than the government. They are trying to hoodwink the taxpayers again,” said Ford.