Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the day after the federal election that he wants to focus on unity, refusing to shoot back at a rant from a Conservative MP calling the premier a “problem,” an opportunist and a Liberal “hype man.”
Jamil Jivani, who won Bowmanville-Oshawa North, said in an interview with CBC on election night that Ford inserted himself in the federal campaign and Conservatives should not be taking advice from him.
“I see Doug Ford as a problem for Ontario and for Canada,” Jivani said.
“I think he’s not doing a great job in running this province, and now he’s trying to exercise his influence over other levels of government, and it’s not like this guy is doing anything particularly well.”
During the election, Ford’s campaign manager Kory Teneycke publicly slammed Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s campaign for failing to pivot to focus on the tariff threat from U.S. …