Ontario's populist premier speaks softly into the camera at a recent news conference, his tone subdued, almost pleading. "It really is a huge departure from the past, and I think it's really borne fruit for him," she said. John Milloy, a political scientist at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., and a former provincial Liberal cabinet minister, said the pandemic humanized Ford. The pandemic may also prevent the premier from fulfilling some key campaign promises he made when he took power in 2018. Milloy said there is likely growing frustration in Ford's cabinet as necessary pandemic responses crowd out previously planned measures.

Source: CBC News December 26, 2020 15:33 UTC