When Doug Ford’s PCs first came to office in 2018, they campaigned on a promise to build better transit and roads — and to finally get Ontario’s projects done on time and on budget. That pledge became their central commitment after they failed to deliver most of their 2018 platform. But after seven years of Ford’s PCs in office, Ontarians are still facing the same old problems.

Hiking, camping, fishing, and even driving in forests on Nova Scotia’s Crown land have been banned, with fines of up to $25,000. This “forest lockdown” is draconian, arbitrary, and reminiscent of COVID-era overreach. Like Nova Scotia’s government, Ontario’s PC government imposed lockdowns — but went further than any other province.

While Ontarians are struggling with record-high costs, Doug Ford is on American television taking shots at Donald Trump. On Thursday, Ford lamented to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that “[Trump] is probably the most disliked politician in the world [sic] in Canada!”

Doug Ford just canceled a $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink that was set to bring high-speed satellite internet to 15,000 remote Ontario homes and businesses by the end of this year. Not because it didn’t work. Not because a better plan existed. But because the Ontario PCs wanted to make a political statement opposing Donald Trump!