Doug Ford had a private plan to surprise Ontarians.
His first budget would recast him as a kinder, gentler premier. Not too tough, not too soft just right.
It didnt go according to plan.
By holding back the bad news under the guise of a good-news budget Fords Tories are belatedly paying a heavy price. Not as high a price, however, as ordinary Ontarians facing the daily drip-drip-drip of cascading cutbacks in recent weeks.
It all adds up to billions of dollars slashed from local education, transit, health care and social services. And it has provoked a growing backlash.
On paper, the budgets title is Protecting What Matters Most.
In reality, its not protecting what matters most to Tories their political survival.
Fords popularity is tumbling…
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