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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 [[COVID-19]] pandemic.

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 Ontario Liberal regime of Kathleen Wynne, which Ford thought to be corrupt<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-accuses-kathleen-wynne-fraud-1.4835905</ref>, 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://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-walks-back-new-pandemic-police-powers-following-widespread-backlash-1.5391464</ref><ref>https://www.cp24.com/news/ford-government-revises-new-police-pandemic-powers-after-pushback-1.5391473</ref><ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-police-random-spot-checks-1.5991872</ref>

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