After weeks of intense pressure, Doug Ford and the Ontario Progressive Conservatives have backed off a controversial policy proposal. And then Ford backed off, at least for now, granting that making the cuts retroactive was unfair. Doug Ford has a fairly consistent habit of blinking under pressure. Doug Ford has a fairly consistent habit of blinking under pressureI’m been pondering this a lot in recent days. But let’s look at that bigger picture, and spot the emerging formula: Doug Ford government makes announcement, people get mad, Doug Ford government backs down.

Source: National Post May 30, 2019 09:56 UTC