#SignalBoost Even though #DougFord has 18 months left in his mandate, he called a snap FEBRUARY election. Why? It sure isn’t for the excuse Ford claims. Ford made an utterly corrupt deal with #ElonMuskIsANazi. $100M for 15,000 households when it actually costs $13.97M (including tax)? #onpoli - ThreadSky

heathermoandco.bsky.social • 35 days ago

#SignalBoost
Even though #DougFord has 18 months left in his mandate, he called a snap FEBRUARY election. Why? It sure isn’t for the excuse Ford claims.

Ford made an utterly corrupt deal with #ElonMuskIsANazi.
$100M for 15,000 households when it actually costs $13.97M (including tax)? #onpoli

Reposted from Heather e^-1/x^2

Because anti-democracy proto-fascist #MapleMAGA #Conservatives couldn’t hand Musk 🇨🇦’s satellite broadband at the federal level, they’re doing a workaround by having Conservative led provinces hand Musk Canadian’s taxpayer money: globalnews.ca/news/1086986...
#DougFord inks deal with Musk. #cdnpoli

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3freaks.net•35 days ago

He cancelled the deal, but Ford is a crook - he's always been a crook; He knows that it's much harder to con people who are mad at you, and Canada is pretty smokin, steamin, screaming mad at both Musk and Trump right now.

The risk supporting either (even though he's kissed the ring) could ruin him.

heathermoandco.bsky.social•35 days ago

Yes, I just saw that. This is entirely for show. Ford is a transactional conman.

3freaks.net•35 days ago

He knows that his impromptu election could tank with the current sentiment towards Musk (and Trump)

He's not a completely empty head, he just did what any grifter would do to cover his ass.

heathermoandco.bsky.social•35 days ago

Ford is a corrupt conman who has also gotten expensive PR coaching for years now. He knows how to play people.

3freaks.net•35 days ago

He has that "white drug dealer who failed upwards" thing, crazy how selling hashish while coming from a wealthy family can lead to political office.

Not a direct correlation, but similar to Trump's path - blundering from failure to failure to political power.

heathermoandco.bsky.social•35 days ago

I wrote an article in late 2015 or early 2016, predicting Trump’s first win. It was called “Take It From Toronto, Don’t Underestimate Trump”. All about the parallels with Rob Ford. No one would publish it. So I eventually just put it out as a Facebook Note. It had thousands of reads.

gwp1898.bsky.social•35 days ago

He’s an opportunist

kaylovestacos.bsky.social•35 days ago

He's counting on Ontario not showing up again because it's cold outside.

truen0rthstr0ng.bsky.social•33 days ago

Point out mail-in ballots exist in Ontario to anyone who claims "its too cold".

abrainiac.bsky.social•33 days ago

yup
https://votebymail.elections.on.ca/

saneplanet.bsky.social•33 days ago

This is a classic Canadian ad that went viral in the 2000s...it deserves a comeback. Enjoy if you haven't seen it

https://bsky.app/profile/saneplanet.bsky.social/post/3lhfdbz2u7k23

kaylovestacos.bsky.social•33 days ago

I saw that guy do this speech before a concert I went to in '99 or '00. It was fun.

saneplanet.bsky.social•33 days ago

Wow, that's a moment in Canadian history! Not too many people can say that. It was released in 2000 so you're memory's spot-on.

heathermoandco.bsky.social•35 days ago

Bingo. His last “majority” was with 18% of the vote.

algae11.bsky.social•35 days ago

That is so depressing. Disgusting even.

kaylovestacos.bsky.social•35 days ago

Very.

heathermoandco.bsky.social•35 days ago

Yep.

abrainiac.bsky.social•35 days ago

💯

truen0rthstr0ng.bsky.social•33 days ago

"He'll save us tax money! He's good for the economy!"
No, he has increased provincial debt, undermined worker's programs, and wasted hundreds of millions.

heathermoandco.bsky.social•35 days ago

Ford canceled the deal. He’s a transactional conman who knows this will play well and clinch his win. Even though Ford is the one who forged this backroom deal to bypass Trudeau’s refusal of a Starlink deal & when a Canadian option was on the table. #NeverEverTrustConservatives #ONpoli

sustainablesong.bsky.social•34 days ago

Expect this to be revived after polls close.

heathermoandco.bsky.social•34 days ago

Yep. Ford has some corrupt shit planned, otherwise he wouldn’t be calling this bullshit election.

sustainablesong.bsky.social•34 days ago

We know that Ford has more corrupt shit planned because corrupt shit is all that he ever seems to have planned.

What's exasperating is how low information voting/voter apathy both elected him twice without even having a campaign platform & ignore his entire track record over simplistic posturing.

emewm.bsky.social•34 days ago

Yep...in a nutshell

tomwhittaker.bsky.social•34 days ago

Need to ask: Why did he go with Starlink?
Not ‘Ford cancelled the deal.’

heathermoandco.bsky.social•34 days ago

It’s in the previous skeet. This is why Ford went with #Starlink. Because he’s corrupt AF.
https://bsky.app/profile/heathermoandco.bsky.social/post/3laynjpuwos2i

tomwhittaker.bsky.social•34 days ago

Heather,
You are awesome.

lmarson05.bsky.social•35 days ago

So absolutely true. He's nothing but a conman

mcaulayvicky.bsky.social•35 days ago

It's the upside to Trump's tariff threats. Ford would never have cancelled this overpriced deal without the public pressure the threats have caused. It's also brought an awareness of how vulnerable we are to the US and the need for future protections.

justajen.bsky.social•35 days ago

But what’s the overpriced penalty?

Where’s the contract?

Also, it’s circulating that he has no authority to cancel anything now after dissolving parliament.

Stay tuned… could just be smoke and mirrors.

delbertgseasons.bsky.social•35 days ago

Still funny to say “sike”

Do you have that in Canada

kirbyssb.bsky.social•35 days ago

We also don't know the cost of cancellation. I agree with canceling it. Not giving Ford any kudos for doing so.

heathermoandco.bsky.social•35 days ago

Yeah, he handed Musk Ontario taxpayer money for literally nothing.

truen0rthstr0ng.bsky.social•33 days ago

This is why "he's standing up for Canada" doesn't hold up, which is what some of his voters and supporters say.
He has betrayed allegiance to the USA REPEATEDLY, but campaigned under a thin veneer of patriotism.

tcrosbie11.bsky.social•35 days ago

It's an upside down world when I find myself agreeing with Ford multiple times within weeks, however, calling an election right now is a completely self serving move and he's using trump as cover to make voters forget how he's underfunded our health care and education systems. Never getting my vote.

heathermoandco.bsky.social•35 days ago

#DougFord has caused major (and potentially devastating) problems in #Ontario ‘s healthcare, education, environment, all while massively ballooning the debt to GDP ratio & deficit, hoarding transfer payments & using that money to coverup his grotesque mismanagement. He is unfit.

tcrosbie11.bsky.social•35 days ago

And his 3 billion in vote buying cheques conveniently distributed as an election is called. 3 billion would have done a world of good if injected properly into the province's health care and schools. Also the unnecessary costs of sending cheques so everyone knows they received it and it was from him

argosyacres.bsky.social•35 days ago

Mine went to the Heart & Stroke charity.

tcrosbie11.bsky.social•35 days ago

Still haven't received mine, but it's going to the local food bank

heathermoandco.bsky.social•35 days ago

So many Trumpian moves.

On a completely nicer topic: omg your adorable baby!!

tcrosbie11.bsky.social•35 days ago

One of my nephews, have to give my siblings credit, they make cute kids!

sosnarkysparky.bsky.social•35 days ago

How long after he wins based on this, do these contracts get reinstated?? Tell the people what they want to hear so you get your way, and screw them anyway because you can.

benjamin-mom.bsky.social•34 days ago

The people are the only ones that can make a choice that he doesn’t get his way !!
Everybody that is eligible to vote needs to get out and vote this time no waiting around for someone else to do it and quit paying attention to the polls. The only poll that matters is on election day.

sjasharon.bsky.social•35 days ago

Is the cancellation permanent, not tied into lifting of tariffs? It needs to be permanent.

heathermoandco.bsky.social•35 days ago

I had the same questions. I don’t know the answer, but those questions need to be answered.

tindizzy.bsky.social•34 days ago

I’ll believe it when I see it. I think this is just for show to appease us. I cannot imagine he will actually cancel the contract. They will crush him if does. We all know that’s how the mob operates.

graezilla.bsky.social•35 days ago

The extra was for fixing elections

consbegone.bsky.social•35 days ago

No doubt!

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