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| | |name=Douglas Robert “Doug” Ford, Jr. | | |name=Douglas Robert “Doug” Ford, Jr. |
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| − | |birth_date=November 20, 1964 (age 56) | + | |birth_date=November 20, 1964 |
| | |birth_place=Etobicoke, Ontario | | |birth_place=Etobicoke, Ontario |
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| − | |office=26th [[Premier]] of Ontario | + | |office=26th [[Premier]] of [[Ontario]] |
| | |term_start=June 29, 2018 | | |term_start=June 29, 2018 |
| | |term_end= | | |term_end= |
| − | |preceded=Kathleen Wynne | + | |preceded=[[Kathleen Wynne]] |
| | |succeeded= | | |succeeded= |
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| − | '''Douglas Robert Ford, Jr.''' (born November 20, 1964), known as '''Doug Ford''', is the 26th and current Premier of [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] and the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. He has been both praised and criticized for his policies, including his opposition towards a federal [[carbon tax]] and handling of the [[CCP pandemic]]. | + | '''Douglas Robert Ford, Jr.''' (born November 20, 1964), known as '''Doug Ford''', is the 26th and current Premier of [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] and the leader of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario]]. He has been both praised and criticized for his policies, including his opposition towards a federal [[carbon tax]] and handling of the [[CCP pandemic]]. |
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| | Despite running as a conservative in the 2018 Ontario election where his party ousted the corrupt Ontario Liberal regime of Kathleen Wynne, many have criticized his management of the [[COVID-19]] pandemic, as some people thought he has acted in a totalitarian manner with lockdown measures increasingly intended to cripple Ontario's economy and bring life in the province to a standstill since the onset of the pandemic, controversially using the Ontario Provincial Police as his lockdown enforcers.<ref>[https://www.rebelnews.com/tags/doug_ford Stories on Doug Ford]. ''Rebel News''. Retrieved May 9, 2021.</ref> | | Despite running as a conservative in the 2018 Ontario election where his party ousted the corrupt Ontario Liberal regime of Kathleen Wynne, many have criticized his management of the [[COVID-19]] pandemic, as some people thought he has acted in a totalitarian manner with lockdown measures increasingly intended to cripple Ontario's economy and bring life in the province to a standstill since the onset of the pandemic, controversially using the Ontario Provincial Police as his lockdown enforcers.<ref>[https://www.rebelnews.com/tags/doug_ford Stories on Doug Ford]. ''Rebel News''. Retrieved May 9, 2021.</ref> |