It should have come as no surprise that Premier Doug Ford has a fierce interest in the way cities are run. The Progressive Conservative premier was a Toronto city councillor, and his brother Rob was the controversial mayor of the same city. Ford summarily chopped the size of Toronto's city council in the middle of last year's municipal election period. Or take the PC government's vague plan to give the province ownership of future Toronto transit expansion projects. The premier was booed at a Special Olympics event, and the PC government's approval ratings plummeted to dismal levels.

Source: CBC News May 30, 2019 07:52 UTC