TORONTO - Bill Davis, the 18th premier of Ontario and one of the country’s longest-serving premiers, has died at 92. The pipe-chomping Tory titan, often called Ontario’s “education premier,” held the position from 1971 to 1985, taking over from the late John Robarts. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was “deeply saddened” to hear of Davis’s death. “He was representing the best values of Canada.”Former Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney described Davis as one of Canada’s greatest premiers. “I said to the prime minister, ‘Prime Minister, you have to try once more.’ He kept saying it won’t happen.

Source: thestar August 08, 2021 15:26 UTC