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Premier Doug Ford is approaching his one-year election anniversary with a full steam ahead approach.

Despite protests, staff turnover and some policy reversals, Ford said he’s determined to implement his election promises, including beer and wine in corner stores.

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“The people say jump, I say how high,” Ford said Friday, during a stop at the Ontario Power Generation Darlington nuclear station to announce changes he said would ensure more “portable” skilled trades’ certification and training.

The Ford government was voted in on June 7, 2018, ending 15 years of Liberal rule in Ontario.

“There’s a lot of moving parts, again it’s like drinking from a fire hose,” Ford said of his first year. “But here’s no government in recent memory that can stand up there and say promises made, promises kept.”

Ford Nation will come together to celebrate at the annual Ford family barbeque — Ford Fest 2019 — to be held at the Markham Fairgrounds on June 22, from 5-9 p.m.