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Ontario Premier Doug Ford needs to remember his most important allies in government are the Progressive Conservative MPPs who were elected along with him a year ago, giving him a majority government.
They have an obligation to him — loyalty — and he has an obligation to them — respect.
Their job is to explain, represent and defend Ford’s policies in their constituencies — not just to people who voted for Ford’s party but to everyone who voted for any party.
Ford’s obligation to his MPPs is to listen to them, because they will have a better and more objective understanding of how his policies are being received by the public than his political aides, pollsters, the opposition parties or the media.
At the most basic level of politics, a leader who cannot command the loyalty of his caucus by being loyal to them in return will not be a successful leader for very long.
The political history of Canada is littered with prime ministers and premiers who surrounded themselves with hired yes men and women, who thought that they, no matter what the issue, were the smartest people in the room.
If Ford wants to see where that inevitably leads, all he has to do is look at the rise and fall of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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See Also:
(1) The state of Ontario’s finances is no fiction
(2) Ontario Liberals finalize guidelines for upcoming leadership race
