Canada why Doug Ford is kryptonite for Conservatives' election hopes

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Ontario premier, whose stock as an electoral asset has plummeted as the party struggles to build momentum outside their base, has been compared to Trump
When a brash businessman-turned-politician won a majority government in Canada’s most populous province in 2018, Conservatives in the country wondered if they could ride a similar populist wave to national victory in this year’s general election.
Promising to slash income tax, cut fuel prices and repeal carbon pricing, Doug Ford took 41% of the vote and ended 15 years of Liberal rule in Ontario. Continue reading...

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