, and only appears to have stoked anger with an attempt to explain himself during a Monday news conference at Queen's Park.
While addressing the media after a presser discussing the end of the CUPE strike affecting teachers, Ford argued that his broken promise to preserve the Greenbelt of development-protected lands surrounding Toronto was unavoidable. In what could be perceived as an attempt to ship blame up the chain to Justin Trudeau's federal government, Ford explained that the controversial move on Greenbelt lands was a response to immigration.Fucking just straight up blamed paving the green belt on immigrants. Get fucked you ghoul."We have a housing crisis today that we didn't have four years ago," said Ford.
Lots to process today but Ford blaming immigrants for the need to develop the greenbelt is, notwithstanding anything else, a big deal.The statement has triggered outrage on social media, ranging from concerns about the wording to accusations of trying to deflect an important issue. Others have taken shots at the premier for alleged ties to real estate developers — the very group set to benefit from proposed Greenbelt revisions.
Doug Ford blames immigrants for his policies of environmental destruction and filling the pockets of his millionaire developer friends.
What-a shlup, guess his grandfather didn't tell his family about the boat trip he took from the old country.
Perhaps we should make sure all new immigrants land in provinces that aren’t over populated? Send them to Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
What a ridiculous claim! Ford must think Ontario is Canada. He is unaware of all the other lovely provinces new immigrants would be glad to live in. Didn't he make this plan before the election? Long before Trudeau's announcement?
Wow, what misinformation? He actually wants to make sure they have a place to live...but keep playing the race card!
That's what you get when 60% of Ontarians are too lazy to get off their butts and vote! It's simply unacceptable. A minority elected corrupt tool that's busy scheming under the table with his developer friends. Wait and see what he'll do to healthcare. Shame on you Ontario.
His question was, what to do with 300,000 new immigrants every year. What is your suggestion to house them?
Good for Ford!!
so interesting that will make Climate Change worse. Plus why not open the doors to Switzerland, they have room, Klaus can squeeze them in and keep an eye on everyone in his backyard.
Stupid, slanted, biased headline.
He’s right though.
I guess is looking to into getting into the MSM trough in Canada now...
What an utter misleading and divisive statement . Absolutely disgraceful!
Always the cry of the conservatives, blame the immigrant.
Atta’ boy, Justin.
teach_n_travel
It’s true - we can’t even take care of our own here but HEY LETS INVITE 500,000 MORE PEOPLE!
Trudeau is bringing in record numbers of immigrants at a time where we are experiencing a housing and healthcare crisis. This is on him and only him. Provinces are then left to figure out how to house and care for them!
everyone wants housing to be built but no one wants it in their municipality.. So where do they build?
Can this guy get anymore despicable?
Wow this is the biggest lie even for a headline. BlOGTO you guys are absolutely trash!
Doug Ford is 100% correct. Thank God someone had the balls to say it.
Doug Ford is 100% correct. Thank God someone had the balls to say it.
I wonder if at this point if he can even spell government 🤔
He blames immigrants? Or immigration? Immigration is on the federal government.
So true! fordnation is a liar and a thief? Please Ontario, VOTE next time!!
Sure blogto.
This is life threatening. He should not be allowed to walk free while killing our precious earth. The man does nothing but lie & blame others.
Maybe each resident in Toronto can take at least one person Problem solved
Housing is the only flaw in JustinTrudeau's 500K/yr Immigrant plan. Where does Justin put these persons?
Reality- Wreckless WEF/Trudeau policy to bring M's of immigants too many & too quickly. All will need housing & jobs. Acre by acre, year after year Cda's natural land will be gone to build more & more apartments, houses, roads & shopping malls. Massive sewage & waste increases.
Disgusting misleading title. Huge housing shortage. Massive influx of new Canadians. Therefore, adjustments need to be made.
Planners in Ontario are whining that Ford is removing the roadblocks to housing that liberals imposed in Ontario and yet the bureaucracy doesn’t see that unplanned immigration is a MAJOR problem. We already have a housing shortage or are they expecting lots of people to die!!
That’s one hell of a headline. Tell me, activists, where do you propose all these immigrants go? We need to construct a new Kitchener every year to accommodate. Housing and infrastructure doesn’t get built by yelling “racism!”, woke progressives. Are you picking up your tools?
Misleading and false title there- but you get people to pay attention. The fact is, it is immigration, mass specifically chosen immigrants that the liberals are dumping, without any concern on where or how they will live. Ontario will get most of them. Our govt doesn't care
So to make sure I am on the right path. The Federal government plans to continue to push immigration with no houses for the current population and the answer is to bring more people into the country? Maybe sort out the housing crisis before you add more people. No?
You mean, population growth driven by immigration?
L O L Conservatives gonna conservative
Maybe he should do his so called rent control so ppl could afford to live in alot of these places, my daughter and 2 grandchildren had to move 4 hours away because the rent was cheaper there than here, time to freeze rent, make these apts and houses more affordable,
Why not? Immigrants flock to Toronto.
He didn't say that at all. What a lying rag you are.
Hmmmmm perhaps if we resolved the foreign ownership of hundreds of housing units across Ontario we might not have to plow wetlands under.
Absolutely brutal headline! I’m no fordnation fan but to say he “blames immigrants” is irresponsible!
He's showing his true color.... again ! Blame the immigrants for your greed and total ignorance about protecting the environment.
Nothing to do with greedy developers who happen to be donors?
Ford welcomes immigration and has been asking for 380,000 people required to fill the labor shortage in Ont. Ford also passed a law allowing people to subdivide their property to add more housing so it isn’t just the green belt. But you knew that……
resign wef un scum bag canada first
Doug Ford is simply a liar.
That's essentially what he's saying, since he's using immigration as an excuse to destroy the greenbelt
Oh relax! That's not what he said!!
Why choose this area? So much land between London and Windsor, so much land north of Barrie. Oh I know - it maximizes dollars for his donor friends!
Not a Ford fan but there is some truth to his statement. Immigrants will only keep coming if we let them. It's on us to have the infrastructure in place if we want them. These are just Ontario's fruits from a long history of ball dropping. Immigrants are not to blame though.
He's NOT WRONG.
BS. A lot of these homes will be single family detached million dollar homes to maximize developer (donor) profit. We won't see compact communities with trains connecting cores, rather it will be more sprawl. New immigrants and the missing middle will be unable to afford this.
Isn't Trudeau bringing 500,000 immigrants a year? And puts the onus on provinces to pay for them?
This might be the most ridiculous overreaches to a comment I’ve ever seen. Of all the things the public can misconstrue, this is the one we choose? 🙄
Stop telling lies!
He mispronounced ignorance.
Dimebag Doug has to blame someone
At least he’s welcoming them. See Legault/Quebec.
Why can you take the blame for your actions
He is right. Same reason the hospitals are overflowing. Build more hospitals, build more houses then let more people into Ontario. Otherwise, we are full!!!
Yep. He is right.
Nothing wrong with he said. Is JustinTrudeau going to house all the new immigrants in his personal residence?
Wow, quite the spin for a publication known for its crack journalism! But 👏 we applaud you having something not lifted from the Weird Toronto Facebook group! 🤣
Trudeau is bringing in 500,000 immigrants each year and puts it ALL on Provinces for their housing, healthcare and education. So, yes, it is immigration causing a lot of the shortages, but TRUDEAU is good at big announcements but short on follow through.
The 4 enemies of conservatives: Immigrants Colour The educated Them non “Christians”
Sure how many of those immigrants can afford million dollar homes.
This is what happens when you elect a former drug dealer; and not a good one at that...
True enough but you’re twisting the headline to suit your woke agenda! Sad media!
There are more than enough foreclosed property empty properties throughout Ontario to build on
Immigrants have nothing to fucking do with this.
Here is a thought mr premier, what if you start protecting the housing market against your “investors” friends that are buying all units to resell for unreasonable prices? Maybe people would have a chance to have a home. Maybe we would see the rental price decrease.
Pretty certain Doug Ford isn't an immigrant.
What’s wrong he said Feds are brining more. Prople without consulting province. Housing is provincial issue its coming to their shoulders. We need more houses and greenbelt is stopping it .
Immigrants like Cortulucci? True.
vaxxednotwaxxed Doug just can't get out of his own way.
Yeah it's immigration that's the problem. He's so absurd and not on the pulse of the socio-ecomic situation. It's the cost of a mortgage and rent that's the issue! People can't afford it. Why he would bring this up during this situation is ridiculous. He deflects and it's tiring.
Oh here we go. Let's all blame the immigrants for a leaders problems. They are not the one running the province. How about you do your fucking job instead of hiding out.
Remember immigrants ....remember it forever in your entire your lifetime in TO. If you keep voting for the CONs, you are to blame yourfking self.
lol What a ridiculous headline
Eww...that's bad. Does he know his Italian developers in Vaughan are all 'immigrants'? What a shameful thing to say, Immigrant Italians are stealing our jobs and greenland. Do you see how ridiculous this clown is now? So should be block all Italian immigrants, Doug? Baaa..
DougHatesImmigrants
And jagmeet follows this …
put the blame where it belongs.. DOUG on yourself
Doug Ford, ThugFord is an embarrassment. DougFordMustResign DougFordMustTestify DougFordIsACriminal DougFordIsCorruptAF
Immigrants would be largely happy to live in townhouses and apartments I suspect. fordnation just wants to line the pockets of his landowner friends
Far left and liberal elites lost provincial election, they want to demonize winner by using their noisy propaganda machine.
No matter what he does he always blames someone or something else as the reason.
I hope they have a million dollars when they arrive. Bradford/Holland Landing. Anywhere within a hrs drive of major cities. 👇
Of course the IDU member would say that. Canada’s social services depend on immigration to fill our vast country. Working people pay taxes. Doug Ford just showed Canada he doesn’t like working people he wants pension money to fund the IDU organization. We Got It!!
This article and headline are FAKE news. Not what he said at all. I quote: 'I'm out here all the time saying we need more people ... We need 385,000 people to fill the jobs... Where are we going to put 300,000 people a year, almost a million people in three years...'
This is a f&king misleading headline. Media really need to fix up!!
There is a housing crisis in Canada. Where are all of Trudeau's immigrants going to live when they come?
If you are blaming others for your mistakes. You are not the right man for the right place🤔🤪
Because he can't take responsibility for the harm/ death he causes
I hope that all the new Canadians who voted for the conservatives hear this loud and clear… according to Dofo you’re the problem…
Very misleading and inaccurate headline. Ford didn't blame immigrants. He said the planned increase in immigration requires more houses to be built. Do better.
What in the crackpipe is he trying to say?
Really? Put the blame on the most vulnerable. How pathetic! Is he going to build affordable housing on the Greenbelt or is he going to provide opportunity for his contractor donors and friends to purchase cottages?
fordnation onpoli JustinTrudeau climatechange if you are reducing our green spaces, which are essential to biodiversity and the ecosystem, then you're essentially setting up our climate change initiatives for failure.
Immigrants want affordable housing. Developers will build estate homes with no access to transit. Make them sell these homes for $300k or less and see how many bite.
FascistFord
Doug Ford does it again can't keep is promise to not touch something
Of course he did. He’s the worst.
In 5 years from now, let's see how many new immigrants live in homes that Doug is building in the greenbelt, and let's see what Doug's developer friends have earned through this same development. richgetricher
Misleading byline. Ford said TO was a magnet for immigrants. Previous prov Lib and current fed Lib govts did not put plan in place to house these pers. I guess people in Rosedale are all for infill and removing single dwelling for hi-rise low income housing. 🤔
TomPark1n that's. it blaming. That is justifying. BlogTO is lying.
Woah.
Seriously Dougie, what else are you gonna blame on immigrants?
What?
Omg seriously the only education this guy has is gaslighting 101…
I couldn't believe my ears! Deflector Dougie! His developer friends have him in their pocket! Scapegoating immigrants and trying to cause fear - shameful!
Great take!!!!!!!
People need to band together to stop this. He’s destroying one of the most unique areas in not just Canada, but North America. This is just sickening that this is happening.
Here we go..Ford always blaming someone else for his greedy actions.🤨
You do realize most new immigrants want to live in urban centres- not out in the middle of nowhere. So if fordnation cared about the people, more than his donors, he would have ensured affordable housing & transit systems were up and operational.
Then why is he building sprawl instead of density? He could also free up apartment's quickly by targeting Air BnB which sucks up housing. FordisaLiar
Blame game once again with Ford DougFordIsALiar
DougTheThug lies again. Election have consequences, 57% of eligible voters didn't bother to vote in June so we now have another 4 years of Ford's destruction of Ontario.
Dime bag Doug is so far out of his league, he can't answer a single question without a teleprompter. Not. One. He cannot be trusted and Ontarian's don't believe a single word he says. Not. One. Single. Word. FordMustResign FordIsACoward thesanemustmaintain
Doug should teach a course....How To Gaslight 101
Amazing! So, if you are NOT a full blooded first nations representative, this is on you he says? - black, white, brown, olive, you name it? I don't think he's going to make any friends with this statement. Signed - first of my kind born in Canada.
AlconaShell Ontario premier Doug Ford is refusing to apologize for remarks his critics say implied that some immigrants come to the province only to collect social assistance.
The fascist friends of his own the land - kiss it goodbye. Hammer time.
He is full of shot not hard to figure this loser out
The only person to blame is our Corrupt Premier, Doug Ford!
Immigrants is on Trudeau’s policy
Where the hell is Ford getting his numbers from? From the information out there just 1/3 of immigrants to Canada settle in the GTA.
BlogtTo with a tabloid headline geesh🤦🤦🤦
Every TTC station should have towers built above them. Why is this not happening?
ame_todd fordnation most immigrants gravitate to cities where there is employment. Where are they going to find the money to afford homes built on the Greenbelt. It’s only his mobster friends going to benefit. Privileged white man again blaming immigrants (code POC) for his greed.
Welcome to conservative campaign strategy 2025 ... aka: blame the brown folks
Wonder who will actually wind up living there…
So stupid! Young Canadians don’t have the money to buy houses much less an immigrant who is still finding a footing in this country!
Considering the numbers of subdivisions full of unaffordable single family dwellings, more of the same is a bad solution. Increased density, creating more rental units.
Always has someone to blame for his incompetence.
“Where are we going to put 300,000 people a year?” Not to worry, fordnation! This gets increasingly offset by your role in contributing to deaths in this province by virtue of allowing the collapse of our healthcare system & lack of sufficient public health protections. 😤
DougFordIsALiar
mini_bubbly They made him do it.
Doug Ford met with a Pro-Putin Hungarian leader this week, appointed a far-right donor to the York police board, and tried to take away workers Charter rights. Now he’s going to amplify “housing crises & “immigration “ to cover his broken promise and environmental destruction
Of course he does because he's a loser and a Con man.
It is a fact that Ontario, with its big economy and big cities attracts immigrants who find it best to live in cities that have communities of their culture and origin. This is important in the process of becoming a part of Canada.
Another example of the arrogant swinery afflicting Ontario. What a piece of work he is.
Is anyone actually surprised?
DougFordIsALiar DougFordIsCorruptAF
I thought this was a satire post until I realized it was blogTO. Well, glad Doug is finally showing his true colours.
He stated clearly a couple months ago that he was all for increased immigration, so what is this new statement supposed to mean?
Immigrants built this city bud GTFO
Didn’t he just approve up to three dwellings on one single residential property? If 1% of these properties added two dwellings there would be over 156,000 new places. Of 500,000 incoming immigrants, how many will Ontario see? We have to pave environmentally sensitive land? 🤦🏼♀️
He’s a fool…. Leave the greenbelt alone!!
How about eliminating Yellowbelt instead
Did I fall asleep somewhere and the wake up in the US! The immigrants made me do it!
Doug Ford's true colours come out on what he feels about immigrants and how quick he scapegoats them for his decisions even though trashing the Greenbelt was actually motivated by his construction business donors who have been eagerly waiting for this when they endorsed him.
...Lie, deny, deflect etc. etc. but never acknowledges his errors. DougFordMustResign
What was ford’s excuse when he wanted to do that when his brother was mayor?
krismeloche He is a scum-sucking gutterslug
samkj27 Yeah, but did you vote? Cuz if you didn’t…
samkj27 More like corruption. Easy to detect. Search sales of land over last 18 months in Greenberg and ties to PCs. Easy to make case for corruption
My God he’s predictable.
Hey BlogTO you are always posting these derogatory rental stories, who do you think really rent these places? Hint it's immigrants Ford stating a fact that Trudeau is bringing 500,000 immigrants are coming in every year is not blaming
Truth always comes out... proud boy misogynist greased palms
end up with plutocracy
Omg
We’re sorry 😇🤣
He is a lier. He and all his 'friends' are lined up to make massive profits off of all our futures: savethewetlands waterislife fordnation Ontariogovernment
It will be the immigrants building the new homes
fordnation and Company are all about causing chaos to get thing’s passed through.
🤔
Melanie76Nicole Doug Ford blames everyone but himself and his trolls.
Just when you think it isn't possible for him to sink any lower... he's the best at being the absolute worst.
what the absolute f
Well what about building more condo towers near TTC or GOtransit stations. Many stations in Bloor subway are surrounded by needless 1 family homes along with CrosstownTO and FinchWestLRT corridors. Densification over sprawl! Do that instead, fordnation
Ontario has a Ministry of Culture and Citizenship run by Doughie's nephew, Mikey. So instead of blaming everyone else, Doughie should get that lazy-ass nephew working out a plan, any plan. He isn't earning $165,000/year for nothing.
Of course he does. But we know it's really about enriching his friends. But why just enrich your friends when you can also blame immigrants
Hes using immigrants as an excuse! Who's to assume all new immigrants will live here? We are a city! NOT a country. Canada is huge and there is plenty of opportunity all over Canada
Holy clickbait shitpost
There is a lot of land, build around it. Plus Southern Ontario really is overpopulated. Why are 300k out of a 500k target going there? That also needs to be addressed. Govt should incentivize immigrating to other places in Canada.
Did blogTO get a hefty handout from the Liberal party? - Brown Muslim immigrant asking.
when I see Ford, I feel like🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮
Who owns that green belt land? Another handout to PC donors. This is the most corrupt, incompetent, dishonest, cowardly gov't to stain the history of our province. Oh, and why won't Ford testify under oath? FordFailedOntario FordMustGo FordIsACoward FordFailedSchools
Doug Ford blaming immigrants? Gee I wonder why he would possibly do that.
I watched this today with my class of New Canadians and they asked why he brought them up as it is irrelevant. It was ridiculous and harm causing.
Wait....what?!?!?!?
He’s not wrong. But! Our immigration level is high enough to eliminate part of the green belt
Premier Ford didn’t blame immigrants . He questioned that the Federal government is admitting hundreds of new immigrants, most of whom are going to settle in Ontario and where are they going to be living given the housing crisis in Ontario at the moment-:)
Maybe Trudeau pays into blogTO
What about getting international students in uncountable numbers. Colleges giving 5000 admissions with 400 capacity. 40% of the population using food banks are international students. I am not against them they were trapped by this lucrative college business.
'Doug Ford Blames.....' It is a recurring theme with this government....
Not only that, the health system crashed, housing shortage, dump of common senseless people, tax fraudulent, many many can be blamed on immigrants, what about economic growth!!! .
He's not wrong. Where else are you going to put 1 million immigrants in 3 years?
And he's right. We love living in houses with yards and trees, not in a filthy tiny rental apartment.
Why would a 'leader' want to eliminate the Green Belt?
Huh? He blamed the federal government for setting immigration targets too high. Not immigrants themselves. We are setting up newcomers to this country for failure. There have been countless stories of immigrants not being able to find places to live.
What a ridiculous headline. Completely inaccurate.
He didn't blame immigrants themselves... Holy smokes. He clearly said that since Trudeau is bringing in 500k a year (and most come to Ontario).. We need the room to build. There is only so much room to go around in the GTA. The ones with outrage, are the usual suspects.
Come on - immigration causing our population to grow is a fact. Immigrants deserve a chance at home ownership just like previous generations of Canadians
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