Seeing a lot of tweets about Ford's suppression of the provincial vote June 2 and the media's complicity.
#CLUSTERFORD rewind:
"The Toronto press pack, wondering why the 2022 campaign went missing, failed to note that Huckster Ford's face had been on screens continuously.../2
#CLUSTERFORD rewind:
"The Toronto press pack, wondering why the 2022 campaign went missing, failed to note that Huckster Ford's face had been on screens continuously.../2
..for months, while no issue advertising was to be heard. Ford gagged teachers, HCWs, the disabled, LTC/Covid victims, small business, closing off a key platform available to special interests, and even had activist lawyer Caryma Sa'd aggressively handcuffed at a Trump-style../3
..re-election rally;
Ford's election law was starkly favourable to his PCs, hobbling labour and other third parties for a full year, including during the campaign, while personal allowable contribution limits were doubled to $3K;
Meanwhile, Ford burned through $9M in 35.../4
Ford's election law was starkly favourable to his PCs, hobbling labour and other third parties for a full year, including during the campaign, while personal allowable contribution limits were doubled to $3K;
Meanwhile, Ford burned through $9M in 35.../4
...days in heavy rotation in NHL/MLB primetime cable broadcasts, getting out an empty message, with funds raised via Bill 254;
As far back as April 2021, Ford's brazen election financing revamp (aka the "Protecting Ontario Elections Act"), had been recharacterized as the.../5
As far back as April 2021, Ford's brazen election financing revamp (aka the "Protecting Ontario Elections Act"), had been recharacterized as the.../5
.."Squashing Ontario Democracy Act" by Unifor, the country's largest private sector union group;
Ford's amendments doubled the length of time spending limits were imposed on political advertising by third parties, from 6 to 12 mos leading up to an election. During that time.../6
Ford's amendments doubled the length of time spending limits were imposed on political advertising by third parties, from 6 to 12 mos leading up to an election. During that time.../6
...each interest group or individual's ad spend was limited;
An Ontario Sup Ct Justice found 4 sections of Ford's overreaching Bill 254 breached section 2 of the Charter based on freedom of expression;
In response to the Superior Court rebuke, as usual embracing .../7
An Ontario Sup Ct Justice found 4 sections of Ford's overreaching Bill 254 breached section 2 of the Charter based on freedom of expression;
In response to the Superior Court rebuke, as usual embracing .../7
...audacity over legality, Ford invoked the Charter's section 33 notwithstanding clause an unprecedented second time, and this time plays the wildcard, the first Ontario premier to do so in the Charter's 40-year history;
Dictator Doug reintroduced the offending sections of.../8
Dictator Doug reintroduced the offending sections of.../8
...the act, overriding the Sup Ct ruling, passing the amendments following a 63 to 47 latenight vote; the Cdn Civil Liberties Assn said the gag law would aid the Doofus's re-election bid by limiting political voices during a campaign."
The media watched, like Good Germans.
The media watched, like Good Germans.
@reggcohn and @TheTorontoStar must never be permitted to live down this sycophantic front page -- 9 days preballot. All for rights to operate an online sports gaming site for $100,000/yr at Doug’s behest? 
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