Doug Ford’s Tories poised to win another majority, poll suggests
And,
Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford says he wants to be premier ‘forever’
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says he wants to be premier “forever” as he looks to secure a third consecutive majority government in Thursday’s election.
Clockwise from top left: Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner.
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says he wants to be premier “forever” as he looks to secure a third consecutive majority government in Thursday’s election.
Ford says his party is the only one that can stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump and his tariff threats.
If we give Doug Ford four more years, we’ll regret it long after he’s gone
Driving around the GTA this weekend, I saw blue, red, orange and green signs for the candidates vying for MPP along the streets. Some of the blue PC signs were paired with posters declaring, “Canada is not for sale.”
Canada’s not for sale, but we’ve seen that parts of Ontario are on the clearance rack. Premier Doug Ford was willing to sell away the Greenbelt and Ontario Place for the best price. When pushed at last week’s debate, Ford defended himself by saying, “I was, then I wasn’t then I went ahead” and cancelled the sale of the Greenbelt to developers.
Meanwhile,
Ford government spending $525-675M on Therme Spa to get up to $380-580M in value back if it is successful for 95 years: analysis
What is the Therme Spa project?
In 2017, the Wynne government issued a Request for Proposals for Ontario Place redevelopment and a bid from Therme Group was one of the shortlisted submissions. However, after the 2018 Ontario provincial election, the Ford government restarted the selection process.
The 2019 Call for Development received 34 bids, and the Ford government signed a Lease Agreement with Therme Canada OP Inc. – a private Austrian company – allowing them to build a 65,000 square metre, 7-storey indoor private wellness facility (spa) and waterpark on the publicly-owned lands of West Island of Ontario Place and operate it for up to 95 years.
Therme Group is a spa and waterpark development company founded in Vienna, Austria in 2011 by Robert C. Hanea, Chairman and CEO of the company. Theme Group is a subsidiary of A-Heat Allied Heat Exchange, a Vienna-based conglomerate specializing in engineering heat systems.
Other bids came from Cirque du Soleil, Strom Nordic Spa, Badenhaüs Spa and two other projects titled OP Adventure Park and The McLuhanesque Experience.
To expedite the project, the Ford government passed Bill 154, New Deal for Toronto Act enacting Rebuilding Ontario Place Act, exempting it from laws that apply in the:
and shielding the Ford government from any claims for damages arising from the project, including breach of contract… More
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