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She didn’t say “never,” but Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne made it very clear Tuesday that she doesn’t want to meet with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.

After meeting with Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly, the city councillor who now holds many of the mayor’s key powers, the premier was repeatedly asked if she would also meet with Ford.

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Wynne responded by dodging and weaving around questions about the troubled mayor, who drew a sharp rebuke from the premier last month admit his admissions about crack use, binge drinking and his repeated outbursts at city hall.

“I had the meeting with Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly because he is the representative of Toronto city council,” Wynne said when asked about Ford. “The relationship between the province and the city has to be with the city council where the decisions are made and so, that’s why I am meeting with the deputy mayor.

“The on-going discussion will be with the representative of city council, who is the deputy mayor.”