Dear Ontario,

This is the 5th or 6th time I've tried to warn you not to fall for Doug Ford's tricks.

And each time you fell for it and he shot up in the polls.

For example:
I told you not to believe his emotional anger routine with long term care homes. That it's a deflection.
He promised to look after old people. You believed him.

2 months later old people were suffering and dying again bc they didn't have AC. Something we all knew and expected his govt to plan for.

They didn't. Frail fragile bodies were cooking under his watch. That was days ago.
AGAIN he presented as if he was shocked. And angry. This after knowing they didn't have AC.

FOR MONTHS.

An arsonist dressing up as a firefighter, the same premier who cut back inspections and funding that made LTC mass death so much worse, vowed to buy them ACs.

You clapped.
Please step back and try to understand how he's manipulating you.

Each time something explodes of his own making, and catches fire, he absolves himself of ownership with shock and anger.

He talks as if he's a horrified spectator like the rest of us.
But he's not you or me.

*He's the Premier of Ontario.*

We don't have his power. We are spectators and observers.

He has all the power.

He alone can spark mass death or prevent it and save lives. That's how much power he has.
He has access to expert advice on any subject.

Anything.

At his finger tips.

They make recommendations.

He makes decisions. They are HIS decisions. The fires blowing up around you are HIS FIRES.
TODAY - any minute - the premier will comment on today's explosion in virus.

He will present to you as if he's shocked. Horrified.

Yet we know exactly why this is happening because it happened in every other jurisdiction before us: he ignored advice and reopened too fast.
He opened bars when we know the virus travels in bars like wildfire because it is so infectious, and drunk people don't follow rules.

He expanded our bubbles. Again knowing the evidence. That this virus is too infectious to be contained outside strict controls.
He will imply young people are to blame.

That if only they were more mature and responsible, they wouln't be infected with one of the most infectious viruses humanity has ever known.

You will want to clap. Because it's easy and convenient to blame young people.
It's the premier who is irresponsible.

It's the premier who is immature.

Because he keeps making excuses and deflecting blame each time innocent people die under his watch.

Please wake up.

(Fin)
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