Doug Ford blames immigrants for his plan to eliminate Ontario Greenbelt DougFord Ontario ONpoli
, and only appears to have stoked anger with an attempt to explain himself during a Monday news conference at Queen's Park.
While addressing the media after a presser discussing the end of the CUPE strike affecting teachers, Ford argued that his broken promise to preserve the Greenbelt of development-protected lands surrounding Toronto was unavoidable. In what could be perceived as an attempt to ship blame up the chain to Justin Trudeau's federal government, Ford explained that the controversial move on Greenbelt lands was a response to immigration.Fucking just straight up blamed paving the green belt on immigrants. Get fucked you ghoul."We have a housing crisis today that we didn't have four years ago," said Ford.
Lots to process today but Ford blaming immigrants for the need to develop the greenbelt is, notwithstanding anything else, a big deal.The statement has triggered outrage on social media, ranging from concerns about the wording to accusations of trying to deflect an important issue. Others have taken shots at the premier for alleged ties to real estate developers — the very group set to benefit from proposed Greenbelt revisions.
Doug Ford blames immigrants for his policies of environmental destruction and filling the pockets of his millionaire developer friends.
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