Since becoming Ontario’s premier in June 2018, Ford’s seat has been down so long it probably looks like up. His populist revolution fizzled, as support deserted him following a string of policy reversals, spending cuts and bad publicity.
Ford’s place in the political firmament was epitomized by his treatment by friends and political foes in the recent federal election – Conservative leader Andrew Scheer treated Ford like the crazy uncle who needed to be kept away from the wedding guests; Liberal leader Justin Trudeau rejoiced in using him as the portent of what Scheer’s public service cuts would mean for Canada.
But anyone convinced Ford is destined to be a one-term premier may end up sorely disappointed.
He was in Ottawa to meet Trudeau on Friday and it was a very different affair from their first summit in July 2018, which one person in attendance described as “super-heated”. At that time, the two men needed one another as political punching bags. Now, they need one another to get things done and rehabilitate their reputations in the eyes of voters.
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