Michael Porter21h ago

ANALYSIS: Is Doug Ford waging a war on cars?
“Whether it’s EVs, bikes, or even just public transit, the story is the same: the Ford government has been inept if not hostile when it comes to anything other than getting drivers in cars. Perversely, this isn’t even good for drivers: every incremental car we add to the road makes the experience of driving worse for everyone.
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Without meaning to, without understanding that he’s doing it, Doug Ford has spent eight years waging his own war on the car”

https://www.tvo.org/article/analysis-is-doug-ford-waging-a-war-on-cars

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Show threadjd 🔆
@MichaelPorter
I think Ford is among that class of politicians who grew up when car was king and he still adheres to that mind set, trapped forever in the 1960s. There are a lot of guys—politicians—around like that. Meanwhile, the world has totally changed.
Recall also that Ford cancelled wind turbine projects, including some that were partially built, at great expense, just as Trump is currently doing off the coast of Massachusetts. Trump serms to be doing that at the behest of BigOil, but I never understood why Ford thought that was a remotely good idea.
Mar 24 at 7:41pmWeb
Show threadMichael Porter21h ago
@jd He strikes me as a very simple-minded person. No larger perspective, so he’s always making mistakes that he has to reverse down the road, at much greater cost.
Show threadBunNICKula🇨🇦21h ago

@MichaelPorter
You are very cruel.
To simple-minded people, that is.

@jd

Show threadMichael Porter21h ago
@intothewestaway @jd Cruel? I thought I was being charitable (to Ford, that is 😄).
Show threadBunNICKula🇨🇦21h ago
@MichaelPorter
Touché
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Show threadHuman 350020h ago

@MichaelPorter
I think ford doesn't care about actual longer term costs. His plan is to replace pp.

He's not stupid - he is cagey and knows how to manipulate and exploit.

As it is he's costing us a fortune and making Ontario an embarrassment.
@jd

Show threadHuman 350020h ago
@MichaelPorter
And this gosh darn persona he plays is to make him seem less dangerous but he's lying and misleading as much as any other politician on the right
@jd
Show threadjd 🔆20h ago
@human3500 @MichaelPorter
Yes. A master at using the patois of the average Joe.
So much so that you’d never hear him using the word ‘patois’. 😊