By Pepper Parr
September 24th, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
Great to know that Premier Doug Ford is out there working for us.
He just wants to get things done. On reports that the government is eyeing 24/7 construction and “customized” environmental assessments to build Highway 413 he said: “We’ve been working on this environmental assessment since before Moses…There’s hundreds of thousands of people stuck in their cars, backed up to Timbuktu, and you’re worried about a grasshopper jumping across the highway…Let’s build the damn highway.”
Proposed route for Hwy 413 – Those light blue lines are creeks and waterways – the place that grasshoppers jump out of.
Ford didn’t do much better when he commented on the homeless encampments saying: “You know what’s the best way to get people out of the encampments, to get out of homeless?…If you’re healthy, get off your A-S-S and start working like everyone else.”
Street nurse Cathy Crowe took issue with that. “My experience has been that when a politician speaks like this with disregard and disrespect it fuels hate and hate crimes towards the population he is disparaging. The fact so many people clapped at his statement is appalling”.
“Doug and his thugs!!!”Hands off the Greenbelt!!!!!Not to be confused with that great Canadian band “Doug and the slugs” What is he doing flogging beer and now pizza??? A highway under the 401? What is he smoking??? I give up.
My Father gave me somewhat similar colourful advice when I was much younger as did I to my Son, My younger self and my Son never fainted and in my case was sent on this mission by my Wife; Mothers nurture and protect but there is a fine line between that and enabling, nanny states create ninnies. P.S. Surprised you are that sensitive being a former sailor.