Ford is pushing “buy Canadian,” and he’s right—but he also needs to protect our ability to provide Canadian in the first place
If Doug Ford is serious about the threat of American tariffs — though pretending he needs an election to fight them is, er, nuts — then he needs to halt the construction of two major highway projects that will pave over some of the best farmland in the country.
I’m writing this ahead of the February 1 deadline for the promised tariffs, camping out under the Sword of Donaldcles. We’re all dancing at the end of a madman’s chain, full-on hand-wringing yet failing to understand there is no right answer as to what to do, because the question will keep changing. We know this person. That sigh of relief when he took office and didn’t announce tariffs that day? We should buckle up for at least four more years of this cage-and-sabre-rattling bullshit.
I’m still questioning a $189-million election we don’t need (Mr. Ford, seriously, you get to run this province like a potentate already). Back to transportation, explain to me what makes sense about a low-estimate $60–billion tunnel Ford hadn’t thought of until, I’m guessing wildly, Mr. Musk tossed it on the table during a convo about the interlinks. I’ve cynically made up my mind to accept that the much-anticipated RCMP report on the Greenbelt shenanigans will give Mr. Mueller’s a run for his money; pleasant surprises graciously accepted.
I could list all the lost-cause enormously expensive initiatives Premier Ford has undertaken (Ontarians drink too much it seems; we get it) and, yes, I could also list previous administrations’ questionable and terrible use of my money. Too many of Ford’s decisions seem abrupt and back-of-the-wedding-napkin. In a different time, maybe we could eventually rebuild the damage from reckless decisions. But thousands of acres of some of the best farmland in the country being covered in asphalt can never be retrieved, and it’s time for Ford’s protectionist actions to match his fighting words.
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