Globe editorial: Has the pandemic changed Doug Ford?

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But when he urged everyone who was at Trinity Bellwoods Park last weekend to immediately get tested, it was clear that he had not consulted the members of his orchestra, a.k.a. the province’s health experts. They had no choice but to admit that what he was calling for made no sense. Managing a giant organization with a budget of nearly $200-billion is about a lot boring organizational stuff that happens off-stage. It’s about patient actions, usually over long periods of time, including how much to spend, and where. It’s about more than the leader’s willpower.Mr. Ford’s late brother, former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, was famous for urging constituents to call him up to personally attend to their problems – blocked drain, pothole in the road, whatever. The smaller the better.

That government is a good and necessary thing was not Mr. Ford’s operating assumption when he arrived in power. He once said that “there is this entitlement that the taxpayers owe the government a living,” as if taxes had nothing to do with services – like, say, public-health agencies, whose budgets he cut.

 

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GlobeDebate How easy it is to change people’s opinions! I’m still in the NEVER-FORD camp! He has a long way to go to prove he’s fit to serve Ontario.

GlobeDebate You can’t manage if you don’t measure. It’s true.

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GlobeDebate Which pandemic?

GlobeDebate Yes he now loves the communist power . Same as the trudeau government.

GlobeDebate Ya its changing all of us

GlobeDebate No. The leadership role Ford took throughout covid’s attack on the province made it impossible for the leftist media to attack the Premier. Ford finally got fair provincial media exposure and his leadership was outstanding. onpoli

GlobeDebate Maybe

GlobeDebate No.

GlobeDebate I like the back-pedalling 'dance'.

GlobeDebate No it has not. Ford's pre-COVID finger pointing, tongue wagging against unions & bureaucrats surfaced on Thursday Day 77. All that scripted microphone time was just holding back the huff & puff volcano. His 'army of 14.5M backing' him has reverted to the 2.4M that voted for him.

GlobeDebate Hard to tell. What's that even really mean.

GlobeDebate He’s smart enough to know when he was under his head to call in and trust the experts.

GlobeDebate Yes, for the worse.

GlobeDebate He still has the same ideological bent that he had before. Some people support that and some don't. Personally even though I do think he could have been much, much worse during this pandemic he will never get my vote. I do not share his ideology.

GlobeDebate Yes. For the better? I hope so

GlobeDebate Nooooooope

GlobeDebate Hired Communication specialists

GlobeDebate Don't know. That said, the extent to which people believe his concerned look and calm demeanour during daily media briefings is a reflection of his true character, is troubling.

GlobeDebate No he is as incompetent as ever! And now we are paying the price for his cuts to health care (amongst many other departments) literally with our lives!

GlobeDebate He ya gotten much better at reading the Teleprompter

GlobeDebate Betteridge's Law of Headlines says the answer to this question is 'No'.

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