Today's reality check: "Doug Ford wants you to focus on bike lanes and beer — and pay no attention to this, his biggest failure," by Matt Elliott
There's no doubt most Ontarians are realizing the scarcity of affordable housing or shelter is what is destroying economic opportunities and basic human life in this province for so many.
On this and so many issues, Ontario is a broken society.
As we struggle with these economic realities, we have a premier desperately trying to distract us from who he really is and what he's not bothered to do with his immense power these last 7 years.
Here's an excerpt from Matt Elliott's great piece:
"It’s fitting that the Wizard of Oz is
back on the big screen in the new “Wicked” movie, because Premier Doug
Ford is reminding me a lot of the old Wiz these days. Ford has really
ramped up the showmanship lately, calling for a bike lane witch hunt and
making magical announcements about beer, highway tunnels and $200
cheques. Much of it, it seems, is being done in the service of getting us to look away from the reality of how things are going in Ford’s Ontario.
"...But Ford’s increasing desire to talk about anything but housing suggests
he doesn’t have a plan to fix it. Like Oz, the premier is ultimately
just a guy using the political equivalent of smoke machines and
pyrotechnics to try to distract from a disappointing truth."