PC Leader Doug Ford said he hated appointing 11 candidates to fill the remaining vacancies in ridings across the province, but blamed a short timeline and the “mess” his predecessor left behind. “We inherited a total mess in this leadership,” Ford told reporters Monday morning at a campaign stop in the Caledon area. “When we took over we had to fill 28 ridings and the runway is running short right now. Former leader Patrick Brown had come under fire for interfering in local nominations, noted former Mike Harris-era cabinet minister Brad Clark. “Didn’t Mr. Ford object to Brown and the elites interfering with the democratic process?” Clark tweeted.

Source: thestar April 23, 2018 17:03 UTC