By Pepper Parr
August 17th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
Premier Doug Ford made his obligatory speech to the Association of Mayors of Ontario earlier today in Ottawa.
It was hard to keep track of the millions and billions of dollars that were to be handed out.
Most of the speech was about how Canada had to stand up against the Americans and hang tough until it was all over.
Premier Ford didn’t look like his usual glad-handing self. while addressing municipal Mayors and Councillors.
The problem is – it isn’t going to be over. Ontario, along with the rest of Canada, is going to have to re-invent its economic future, which the country can do – but it is going to take time and a lot of being prepared for very significant changes.
What has been a tremendous trading relationship that has led to a significant rise in the prosperity of both Canada and the United States has come to an end
The Canadian automotive industry may never be the same in a couple of years.
The incivility and harassment facing municipal politicians is a threat to ‘democracy itself,’ said Marianne Mead Ward, the chair of Ontario’s Big City Mayors, as the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference got underway Sunday in Ottawa. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press)
Ontario’s economy is going to be different, probably quite a bit smaller.
Not a word about that from the Premier.
Not a word from the Premier on the failure of most municipalities to reach their housing start targets.
Not a word from the Premier on how many people in the province are looking for and cannot find work.
Not a word about the number of people leaving Ontario for Alberta and British Columbia.
Not a word either about Ontario being a place to grow.
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