Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is repeating comments about judges on the campaign trail that triggered a barrage of complaints from the legal community when he made them last year as premier.
After leaked audio emerged of Ford expressing his support for the death penalty at the beginning of the campaign, the PC leader has been forced to defend his comments as a “poor-taste” joke.
Speaking on Thursday, Ford said his death penalty comments — where he said home invaders who kill people should be sent to “sparky” — were a joke borne of frustration.
“You know what my frustration is? And everyone’s frustration behind me too is (when) their door gets kicked in, someone puts a gun to their head, threatens their family, steals their car, terrorizes neighbourhoods — we’re done with that,” Ford said, in response to a question about his comments.
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