What can Doug Ford improve on in the next 4 years？
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In Doug Ford's final campaign stop before the election, True North's Harrison Faulkner sits down with supporters in Etobicoke, Ontario to ask them about the one accomplishment they feel best represents the Premier's first four years in office.
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Harrison Faulkner here reporting for True North in Etobicoke, Ontario, the heart of Ford Nation.
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Behind me in the Toronto Congress Centre, Doug Ford will address his supporters one last time
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before Ontario voters head to the polls tomorrow.
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The polls at the moment are looking very favourable for Doug Ford.
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Everything is pointing to Doug Ford extending his majority government and remaining Premier for another four years.
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So we're here and we want to ask Doug Ford supporters about one accomplishment he has had in office
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that they feel best represents his four years as Premier of Ontario.
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And given that it's a near certainty the Premier will remain Premier for the next four years,
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we wanted to ask them about one thing they feel the Premier can improve on in the next four years in leading the province.
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We're going to head inside, we're going to try and head inside and see what happens
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and see if we can talk to some Ontario PC supporters.
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If you want more reports, more committees and more empty talk, well, you've got a lot of options in this election.
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But if you want real action, if you want to get it done, you have one choice, the Ontario PC's.
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What's the biggest accomplishment that the Ford Gardener was able to do in the first four years
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that you think, for you, symbolizes their first four years?
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You know, I think it's tough to judge the first four years because half of it was hampered by COVID.
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Like, the last two years was almost a write-off.
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And before that, there were some challenges with the government.
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So I don't think you can really look at those four years accurately, because we had a once-in-a-lifetime event.
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So I think it's more fair to look at the platform and see how that will play out in the next few years
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and how it will recover from the pandemic, as opposed to looking at the last four years,
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because it's just not a great baseline to judge any politician, and not just Doug Ford, any politician across the board.
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What's the biggest accomplishment you think he had in the first four years that you think symbolizes his time as Premier?
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For me, because I have been living here for 10 years, the greatest thing that he's done for those people in this province
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is, you know, like, he's increased, you know, like, the public transportation, so I can get everywhere.
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I can work, you know, everywhere that I want, by public transit, it's so convenient for me.
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I don't need, you know, like, to take more time, and it's what he's focusing.
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And he's increasing the, you know, like, the wage, and he's increasing the wage for those who are, you know,
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working in healthcare system, especially for nurses, personal support workers.
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And he has a plan to, you know, like, to get more people to work in healthcare system.
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The main thing that Doug Ford did in the past four years was the investment in the infrastructure,
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was the investments in the youth program was there, was there taking care of the youth,
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the pandemic was such a bad situation all over the world.
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In those times, Doug Ford proven his skill and successful leadership.
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And I'll add one thing here that he did a lot for small businesses
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because they are the backbone of any community.
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So there, they did a lot of improvement, and we are very happy with that.
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What do you think are some of the things that the Premier could improve on in the next four years?
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I think we saw the true Blue Party problem.
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That had a lot to do with the fact that the PCs were more centrist during the world of COVID.
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I think focusing more on housing policy, more on the economics of all of the issues that people are facing,
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inflation, rising housing prices, rising grocery prices.
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Focusing on that stuff, focusing on the economics of it, I think is something,
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For me, that we're going to work to build this province become a very good province for those immigrants,
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especially for those seniors, because they need a lot of work done, especially me.
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You know, like, as a cook for retirement home, I know that the level of care for those seniors we need for.
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We need him, you know, to work on his, you know, plan for the rest of the people in the province,
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So, we feel that Doug Ford is addressing the issues of Ontarians so well.
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Number two is the heavy 413, which is much needed for the traffic of Ontario.
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So, in pandemic, we all have seen how Doug Ford has performed so well,
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Same way, the Ontario needs a lot more to be done.
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Given that it's looking very likely that the Doug Ford PCs are going to retain their majority government
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and remaining government for the next four years,
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I wanted to ask some cabinet ministers what they think they can improve on in the next four years
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Interestingly, Paul Calandra, the government house leader,
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said that he thinks the PCs can improve in their communication
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and that Conservatives struggle to communicate to the base during the pandemic.
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I was able to catch up with Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney,
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Treasury Board President Pramit Sarkaria, and of course Paul Calandra.
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So, what would you do in the next four years if you win tomorrow
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Well, I'll say that we've always been steadfast in our mission
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to invest in infrastructure that the Liberals did not do.
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I think the Premier and our government did a great job
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but we need to continue to invest in healthcare
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So, I think that's going to be a priority going forward.
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Well, I think, you know, given the last two years,
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it's been a very difficult time for many people.
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We want to move forward by building on our strong economy.
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We want to make sure that we've got good paying jobs
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And we want to make sure we're investing in infrastructure
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so for the next 10 years we can attract new jobs.
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We're going to make Ontario continue to make Ontario more competitive.
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and make sure once again Ontario becomes the economic engine of this country,
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What's one thing in the first four years you felt like you could improve on
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I think it's something that conservatives always talk about,
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And as hard as we try, I think whether it's federally, provincially,
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conservatives always seem to have a trouble at communicating, right?
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That's the part that we've got to do a bit better
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In Etobicoke for True North, Harrison Faulkner.