Doug Ford says he’s got ‘a problem with one person and that’s Donald Trump’
Premier Doug Ford says “we sure don’t have to take a backseat to Donald Trump. We’re no shrinking violet. I got a problem with one person and that’s Donald Trump.” That’s Ford’s final comment as chair of the Council of the Federation, which rotates annually. He has handed the baton to P.E.I. Premier Rob Lantz. “I know I have big shoes to fill,” says Lantz, who will welcome the premiers to his island province next summer. This COF meeting was the first in the organization’s almost 23-year history that was attended by the prime minister. Former PMs Paul Martin, Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau never attended a premiers’ conference.
Premier Doug Ford says “we sure don’t have to take a backseat to Donald Trump. We’re no shrinking violet. I got a problem with one person and that’s Donald Trump.” That’s Ford’s final comment as chair of the Council of the Federation, which rotates annually. He has handed the baton to P.E.I. Premier Rob Lantz. “I know I have big shoes to fill,” says Lantz, who will welcome the premiers to his island province next summer. This COF meeting was the first in the organization’s almost 23-year history that was attended by the prime minister. Former PMs Paul Martin, Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau never attended a premiers’ conference.
Robert Benzie is the Star’s Queen’s Park bureau chief and a
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