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Last summer, during the height of the presidential campaign—not the Biden v. Trump one, the Harris v. Trump one—I heard a rumor while in the MSNBC green room. Mark Cuban, the former owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Shark Tank stalwart, and indefatigable Democratic surrogate, had been asked to submit VP vetting papers by the Harris campaign. I never was able to nail down the rumor—until now. In an interview Thursday, Cuban confirmed that he was, indeed, asked. He also said that he declined the offer because his vetting book would be too long and it wasn’t worth the trouble for...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford found himself in a squishy situation on Friday when a bee entered his mouth and got down his throat. Ford was taking questions from reporters in Dundalk, Ont., about the provincewide health-care staff shortage and the possibility of privatization when the bee flew into his mouth. "Holy Christ, I just swallowed a bee," he said, coughing violently. Members of the audience could be heard expressing their concern for Ford.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Tuesday that his government will accelerate its timetable for lifting coronavirus restrictions, reopening businesses, and terminating its vaccine passport system. “The world’s done with it, so let’s just move forward,” he said of the pandemic.

Premier Doug Ford does a complete turn around. Video or read.... https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ontario-premier-doug-ford-announces-end-to-vaccine-passports-threatens-freedom-convoy-truckers/

Ontario plans to lift its vaccine-certificate system March 1, Premier Doug Ford announced Monday, while allowing the removal of current capacity limits for restaurants by Thursday. Masking rules are to remain in place. Businesses will be free to continue using the province’s proof-of-vaccination system if they choose. “Given how well Ontario has done in the Omicron wave, we are able to fast track our reopening plan,” Mr. Ford said in a statement released ahead of a news conference on Monday. “This is great news and a sign of just how far we’ve come together in our fight against the virus....

Comrades, Ontario Premier Doug Ford held a press conference this afternoon to announce he has declared a ‘state of emergency‘ and intends to issue orders against dissident truckers authorizing the police to place them under arrest, initiate fines up to $100k each individual, and revoke the personal and commercial licenses of anyone who doesn’t comply. The rebellion must be quashed, before the citizens start to think they have power. As a typical DeceptiCon, Premier Ford begins his justification with the feels, and then gets to down to the business of calling the Freedom Protest in Ottawa an illegal occupation. Ford...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has declared a state of emergency in an effort to put an end to the “siege” in Ottawa and Windsor as the truck convoy protests continue to disrupt traffic and prevent the transport of goods across the Canadian border. Ford made the announcement Friday at Queen’s Park, saying he will convene cabinet and “use legal authorities to urgently enact orders” that will protect international border crossings, as well as the 400-series highways, airports, bridges, ports and railways in the province. Fines for non-compliances will be severe, the premier said, with a maximum penalty of $100,000 and...

A judge agreed Tuesday to allow the church to reopen so long as a COVID safety plan is posted inside the building.WATERLOO, Ontario, July 29, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — A Christian church in Canada, whose doors were locked by health officials for breaking COVID rules, is facing $85,000 in new fines, but a judge agreed Tuesday to allow them to open so long as they post a COVID safety “plan” inside their building. “The other elders owe $7,500 each, and the church itself owes $35,000. The judge will review the Ministry of the Attorney General’s legal costs and then order us...

Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t possibly get any weirder... Get this: Coronavirus internment camps on Canadian soil. Sounds impossible, but believe it or not, there’s a federal request for proposals (RFP) to construct them. So if their intended existence is clear as day, the question then becomes: just who is destined to reside in these camps? Ontario MPP Randy Hillier (Lamarck-Frontenac-Kingston) raised this issue during question period in the Ontario legislature a few days ago. He received strange, evasive answers, and some of his questions were just flat-out ignored. We have the video to prove it. Just what are...

Premier Doug Ford was called a “f—–g cracker” by a bunch of young commies on Tuesday. Student activists attempted to unfurl a protest banner in the legislative chamber at Queen’s Park during the first sitting of the year. As they were stopped by security, one young woman erupted with expletives. “Doug Ford can kiss my a–,” she yelled. Then the young black woman followed up with a racial slur. “You’re a f—–g cracker! You know that?” she yelled at the premier. Outside the legislature students were rallying. They are upset that the Ford government is making changes to Ontario’s student...

History shows that more money, more social workers, and injections sites will end in failure Not all the lunatics are in the asylum. Why? Because federal prison officials are providing needles to prisoners so they can inject themselves with illegal drugs. Now, Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, is being criticized for damning the use of injection sites in prison and in Canadian cities. Condoning drug use is the most illogical way to combat North America’s opioid epidemic. But what else would work? The drug problem is like a cancerous growth that kills, not just people. Look at what has happened...

Premier Doug Ford has officially revoked cap and trade — and is now starting to wrap up initiatives funded by the doomed program. “Cap-and-trade and carbon tax schemes are no more than government cash grabs that do nothing for the environment while hitting people in the wallet in order to fund big government programs,” Ford said in a statement Tuesday. “I promised that the party with taxpayers’ dollars was over and that this would include scrapping the cap-and-trade, carbon tax slush fund.”

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been able to maintain popularity at home during his three years in office despite a challenging, at times combative relationship with the Trump administration since 2017. But amid a conservative rise at home, the young leader of the country's Liberal Party is about to face a new front from Canada's most influential province. The Progressive Conservative Party firebrand Doug Ford, brother of the late former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, will be sworn in as the premier of Ontario on Friday and assume a highly influential position in a province he calls "the engine of...

Don Ford's Victory a five-alarm warning for Alberta NDP DON BRAID, CALGARY Doug Ford likes pipeplines. That's the end of the good news for Premier Rachel Notley. For her, Ford’s success is a five-alarm warning that a populist wave could swamp Alberta in the election next spring. It’s been a strong possibility since Alberta’s conservative parties united. Now, the UCP has a potent role model. Leader Jason Kenney certainly sees the future in this new Ontario premier who wasn’t the ghost of a possibility three months ago. Ford didn’t even lead the fractured PC Party until March 10. He remains...

More negative coverage he gets from the left wing media, the more he will resonate with ordinary people. Ford should not run around saying, “Vote for me, I’m just like Donald Trump.” But he should not run away from comparisons to the U.S. president Since winning the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party a week ago, former Toronto City Councillor Doug Ford has been compared to Donald Trump. And not in a good way. But as polls taken since his victory indicate, a significant number of Ontarians do not like him but will vote for him anyway in order...

Doug Ford, former Toronto city councillor and brother of the late Rob Ford—Toronto’s former mayor who was videotaped smoking crack—has won the race to lead Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives into the next provincial election, according to media reports.

The nasty response by the non-progressive media to Doug Ford’s entry in the race speaks more about them than it does about Doug Ford After a flurry of activity that saw Rob Ford, the most famous municipal politician in the history of civilization, withdraw from the 2014 mayor’s race and his brother Doug throw his hat into the ring, the media was quick to pounce on the candidacy of Douglas Ford, Jr. On Sept. 10, Rob Ford was hospitalized after complaining of abdominal pain and later that day it was announced he had a tumor. The next day he was...

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Headline only, just breaking. Doug Ford to run for mayor, other reports indicate that Rob will run for Council.

Ford becomes first Ontario premier since the 1950s to win 3 successive majorities 'We have made history,' says Doug Ford in victory speech 6 hours ago Duration4:28 Speaking to supporters after winning a historic third majority, Doug Ford underscored his commitment to doing "whatever it takes to protect Ontario" from the threat of U.S. tariffs. Social Sharing X Email Reddit LinkedIn 8 comments Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservatives' victory in Thursday's Ontario election came as the result of a campaign that focused ruthlessly on the one issue capturing the minds of Canadians right now, a leader who worked relentlessly...