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‘It was a mistake:’ Doug Ford says government will reverse Greenbelt land swap decision (globalnews.ca)

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The premier said he broke a promise when he decided to open the Greenbelt for housing development.

“It was a mistake to open the Greenbelt. It was a mistake to establish a process that moved too fast,” Ford said.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hate and right wing rhetoric is what usually drives rural Ontario to vote conservative ... all you have to do to get people in small town Ontario to vote conservative is give them a boogie man, tell them all that the other party is corrupt, that they support cities and conservatives are for the little guy and call everyone 'folks' ... then just have your millionaire supporters run round the clock advertising everywhere to drive home the message and voila, you've got government for four years ... screw everyone for three years, then pay attention for a year and do it all over again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hate and right wing rhetoric is what usually drives rural Ontario to vote conservative

NAFTA (and now USMCA) is what drove rural Ontario to vote Conservative. Same goes for the prairie provinces.

You can clearly see the shift from strong Liberal (more so in Ontario) and NDP (more so in the west) support to Conservative support exactly when NAFTA came into force. That is not a coincidence.

The enclaves these rural, predominantly agrarian, areas once enjoyed was destroyed by NAFTA, putting them head to head with American interests, which required a political shift to something American-like in order to survive.