Ontario needs to “step up” and help heal a country fractured after a federal election campaign, Premier Doug Ford says.
“I’ve never seen the country this divided,” Ford said in a one-on-one interview Thursday with the Toronto Sun. “I think it’s time that Ontario steps up and unites this country. We’re so much stronger when we’re united.”
Ford said he gets along well with several other premiers, including those in Alberta and Quebec, and strongly believes that the provinces should be competing against the world, not each other.
Ontario does well in a strong Canada, and Canada does well with a strong Ontario, he said.
“I understand their concerns out west; they’re putting $20 billion into the federal government’s pockets and they’re frustrated,” he said. “(Albertans are) upset; they’re really upset, actually.”
The same is true for folks he spoke to in Saskatchewan, said Ford.
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