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BY MELISSA LANTSMAN

Every government wants to say it. There are few who ever do.

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But Doug Ford and the Ontario PC government are well on their way to claiming it: “Promise made. Promise kept.”

It’s been just one month since Ford swept onto the scene at Queen’s Park against the odds and more importantly, against the PC Party establishment to claim the highest office in the province.

The honeymoon might be over with his detractors, who gave him a hot minute to prove he was worthy of that office, but with voters – the honeymoon has just begun. Whatever Doug Ford is doing, he is getting good at it, and fast.

His ambition to change the face of Ontario and his tenacity to drive his agenda forward is being noticed. It’s being noticed by the city, other provinces and the federal government alike.

He said what he is going to do and he’s doing what he said.

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The Ford government is a disruptor to the long downward spiral of the previous regime. He is taking a sledge-hammer to old programs and is working with a scalpel on the opportunities ahead.