Ford sagt, er werde „linksradikale Gruppen“ prüfen, die gegen Regierungsgesetze sind
Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation
Ford sagt, er werde „linksradikale Gruppen“ prüfen, die gegen Regierungsgesetze sind
Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation
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Ford says he will use the power of the state to intimidate and silence critics who exercise their Charter rights.
I’m so tired of people trying to claim Ford isn’t the same aa these fascists to the south.
They are exactly the same, it’s just a function of where you are on the timeline.
He’s constantly pushing things further and further.
People love to chide the Americans, but we give up our own rights just as cheaply.
This sort of thing should be a red line. There’s been so many.
OK Mr. Trump.
Let’s audit all the money funneled to the corrupt business buddies. Gonna guess that’s a much bigger issue.
I can easily see this being subject to immediate Charter challenges.
Political belief and political expression are both strongly protected under Section 2 of the Charter. This touches on several rights at the same time. Freedom of belief, expression, peaceful assembly, and association all apply here. It is especially glaring given that the groups Ford held up as examples of „radical“ actors are CUPE, which is a major labour union, and ACORN Canada, which is a well-known tenant advocacy organization. These are not fringe groups. They are part of normal democratic civil society.
It is also dangerous for Ford to call lawful political protest „anti democratic“ when his government has repeatedly pushed legislation through with limited consultation and truncated procedural steps. Independent oversight bodies have already found parts of his agenda unconstitutional and arbitrary. In that context, threatening audits of groups that criticize the government looks less like routine oversight and more like an attempt to chill protected expression.
I guess Ford just likes losing to the courts.
I’m not sure what to make of Doug Ford’s approach this fall session.
In some ways, he’s behaving like his first year, when he tried to push through multiple unpopular changes, and his poll numbers sagged.
In response, he changed his style to what pundits and critics have described as ‚governing by opinion poll‘. Unconnected one-off niche changes popular with voters.
This fall he seems to have reverted to his old style. I can’t tell if that’s because (i) he thinks he’s untouchable in his third mandate, or (ii) if this is Poopy Pants-style distraction politics to hide his total lack of action addressing the tariffs impacts on the auto, steel, and lumber sectors.
The fuck? Ford is ramping up his Trumpist approach to ‚governance.‘ Still not seeing it yet? Didn’t vote last election? Congrats, you’re part of the problem.
Investigation of those that simply oppose him eh? Goodbye democracy in Ontario. It’d be one thing if he only looked at law breakers directly. But anyone that opposes him including unions? Authoritarian.
>We give money to agencies and they funnel it quietly to these left-wing radical groups…“
He doesn’t give money to CUPE. CUPE’s members give money to CUPE. And if those members don’t like it there are elections.
Ha ha. He is messing up his run for federal leader.
He is doing the same mistakes now as PP
Those populist distractions he is trying, hopefully people see through them for what they are.
Sex offenders lists make the public less safe. (The offenders go into hiding)
The speed cams reduced dangerous driving
The banning for life for dangerous drivers seems ok but it’s obviously a distraction from bill 60
So the more he acts like PP the more people will clue in.
I can’t believe people are shocked. Our government legit froze peoples bank account for protesting. Now the shoe is on the other foot and y’all are surprised. You guys are in for a rude awakening