Doug Ford -- Ontario's Donald Trump?
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1628 ... June 22, 2018
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Doug Ford -- Ontario’s Donald Trump?
Canadians are dealing with their own election aftermath after Doug Ford, a leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and a figure some compare to U.S. President Donald Trump, was elected premier of the province earlier this month. Todd Gordon is author of Imperialist Canada and teaches at Wilfrid Laurier University at Brantford. He answered questions from Ashley Smith about what led to Ford’s election and what this means for Canadian politics.
Ashley Smith (AS): The election results in Ontario are very disturbing. Who is Doug Ford and how did he win?
Todd Gordon (TG): The Conservative Party (known in Ontario as the Progressive Conservatives, or PC) won the Ontario election with 40 per cent of the... popular vote. However, due to our backwards, single-member-plurality electoral system, that 40 per cent translated into a majority government with 61 per cent of the seats in the provincial legislature. This will allow the PCs a free hand within the legislature to do as they like.
