TORONTO — Doug Ford signalled Tuesday he is placing a firm hand on Ontario’s fractious Progressive Conservative party as its new leader, vowing to put all of the party’s nominations under a microscope to ensure they were aboveboard. As well as the disputed nominations, former leader Patrick Brown appointed candidates himself in about 60 constituencies, and refused to hear appeals of those that were clouded by controversy. “There were a lot of indiscretions in a lot of nominations,” Ford said Tuesday. A Ford adviser said the new leader believes people should be able to win nominations on their own, without the leader’s help. “I’m not going to reduce it (health spending); I’m going to make sure we drive more efficiencies with the money we have,” he said.

Source: National Post March 13, 2018 22:07 UTC