And that’s really excellent news for the Progressive Conservatives, because the relatively measured and calm Doug Ford who showed up at last week’s Toronto-centric debate was not in attendance. Instead we got the joyless, sputtering, fact-free version — the version Ford’s opponents desperately need Ontarians to see. On two notable occasions, both on technical policy questions, Ford sounded like a grade schooler fudging an oral report. With Ford suddenly spending more time attacking Horwath than Wynne, she looked the part she needs to: the presumptive alternative to the Tories. Ford accuses Wynne and Horwath of only knowing how to “tax tax tax” and “spend spend spend,” and then in the next breath tells you how much he’s going to spend spend spend to solve your problems.

Source: National Post May 11, 2018 22:07 UTC