Ford backtracks on municipal budget cuts, May 28

It would be nice if Premier Doug Ford actually did lead “a government that listens.” The possibility that Ford backtracked on his retroactive budget cuts to the municipalities because he listens is laughable. I really wish I could believe that Mayor John Tory and the other politicians had something to do with Ford’s 180, but I don’t. The only reason that Ford backtracked was because he was very likely ordered to do so by his federal counterparts. Everyone has seen the polls and the federal Conservatives are worried that Ford’s slash-and-burn policies will be held up in other provinces as an example of what we are to expect if the federal Conservatives win the next federal election. Don’t be fooled. Just because Ford delayed some of his budget cuts to give his federal counterparts a chance at winning the fall election, doesn’t meant that as soon as they win, we won’t be back to slash-and-burn for both the provincial and federal Conservatives.

Eva Gnissios, Richmond Hill

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