Doug Ford

26th premier of Ontario since 2018 · Canada · Politicians · Born 1964 · age 61

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Douglas Robert Ford Jr. is a Canadian politician and businessman who has served as the 26th premier of Ontario and as leader of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Ontario since 2018. He represents the Toronto riding of Etobicoke North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

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2026“I’m tired of the bully trying to take our lunch money all the time. If he continues to constantly bully us, we can’t keep rolling over. We can’t keep backing down.”In their wordsDoug Ford, 26th Premier of Ontario, as quoted by Codi Wilson & Joanna Lavoie, Ford says Canada must make Donald Trump ‘feel the pain’Read the whole statement

2021“Nothing is more important than getting these vaccines.”In their words19 January 2021On Canadian COVID-19 vaccine procurement (19 January 2021)Read the whole statement

2020“I don’t get. I just don’t get it. If we weren’t so backlogged on MRIs, I’d send you to the MRI to get your brain scanned because I just don’t think there is anything in there.”In their words21 September 2020On an anti-lockdown protest in Hamilton, Ontario (21 September 2020)Read the whole statement

“Am I frustrated? Yeah I am frustrated but I have confidence in the team.”In their words21 May 2020On COVID-19 testing in Ontario (21 May 2020)Read the whole statement

“We have a bunch of yahoos out in the front of Queen’s Park sitting there protesting that the place isn’t open, as they are breaking the law.”In their words25 April 2020On anti-lockdown protestors in Queen's Park (25 April 2020)Read the whole statement

2019“God bless the president Donald Trump and don’t get me wrong.”In their words20 September 2019On a business visit to Ohio with Albertan Premier Jason Kenney (20 September 2019)Read the whole statement

1964Born20 November 1964

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Ford attending the City of Toronto's 2011 New Year's levee

Ford attending a Good Friday procession in East York, April 2014

Ford at the Canadian Corps Association in Oshawa, March 2018

Ford speaks to a crowd in Sudbury, May 2018

Ford celebrarting his party's electoral victory in the 2018 Ontario general election, June 2018

Carbon tax decals on gas pumps in Ontario, mandated by the Ford government during the 2019 federal election

Ford with Windsor mayor Drew Dilkens at the future site of the Windsor-Essex Acute Care Hospital, May 2022

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Doug Ford

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We always seem to be on our back heels. We need to be on the offence. Not constantly on the defence with President Trump.
2026, Doug Ford, 26th Premier of Ontario, as quoted by Codi Wilson & Joanna Lavoie, Ford says Canada must make Donald Trump ‘feel the pain’, Own words
I’m tired of the bully trying to take our lunch money all the time. If he continues to constantly bully us, we can’t keep rolling over. We can’t keep backing down.
2026, Doug Ford, 26th Premier of Ontario, as quoted by Codi Wilson & Joanna Lavoie, Ford says Canada must make Donald Trump ‘feel the pain’, Own words
We will never stop issuing MZOs for the people of Ontario, the people that need housing. There are 40,000 people moving in the GTA, the fastest-growing region in North America.
Mar 9, 2021, Defending his government's use of minister's zoning orders (9 March 2021), Own words