Ford Won Big A Year Ago Pledging Change. Here’s What That’s Meant For Ontario.
From massive budget cuts designed to tackle the province’s deficit to unexpected u-turns when public outrage reached historic levels, Ford’s Progressive Conservative government was full of surprises.
“We’re moving at lightning speed. I think we’re going to continue moving forward, fulfilling promises we made,” Ford told reporters earlier this week.
House leader Todd Smith said in a statement Thursday that the PCs did good on their promise to “clean up 15 years of scandal, waste and mismanagement at Queen’s Park,” in reference to the Liberal party.
However, Ford’s critics say his priorities are wrong, axing social services and environmental protections, while loosening gambling and liquor laws.