The very public demise of Ontario Premier Doug Ford as he digs himself in deeper every time he opens his mouth.
Desperate Doug: Adding Fuel to the Fire
February 17th, 2024 Comments Off on Desperate Doug: Adding Fuel to the Fire
Tags: Bonnie Crombie · Desperate Doug · Doug Ford · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
Doug Ford: The Blank Cheque Premier
December 16th, 2023 Comments Off on Doug Ford: The Blank Cheque Premier
Another chapter in the shameful legacy Ontario Premier Doug Ford is accumulating.
Tags: Doug Ford · Highway 413 · metaphor · Ontario Place · Ontario Science Center · private spa · Therme
Ford & Chow: Strange Bedfellows
November 29th, 2023 Comments Off on Ford & Chow: Strange Bedfellows
A glowing example of the old adage.
Tags: Doug Ford · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Olivia Chow · Ontario Place
Leadership Lessons for Premier Doug Ford
September 30th, 2023 Comments Off on Leadership Lessons for Premier Doug Ford
Advice for Ontario Premier Doug Ford on what is leadership is and is not as it relates to the Greenbelt scandal.
Tags: Doug Ford · Greenbelt scandal · leadership · metaphor
The Greenbelt Scandal: Stinking Fish
September 8th, 2023 Comments Off on The Greenbelt Scandal: Stinking Fish
The increasingly foul odour of the Ontario Greenbelt Scandal and why it will stick to Doug Ford regardless of his efforts to fight it off.
Tags: Auditor General of Ontario · Doug Ford · Greenbelt scandal · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Ontario Inrtegrity Commissioner · Ryan Amato · Steve Clark
Greenbelt Gift-wrapped Giveaway: Ford’s Shameful Legacy
August 19th, 2023 Comments Off on Greenbelt Gift-wrapped Giveaway: Ford’s Shameful Legacy
Taking off the gloves and declaring my dislike for Doug Ford and how he operates as demonstrated by the Greenbelt fiasco.
Tags: Auditor General Special Report · Doug Ford · greenbelt · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
I Win, You Lose, and Never the Twain Shall Meet
February 15th, 2020 Comments Off on I Win, You Lose, and Never the Twain Shall Meet
A plea to try compromise rather than dig in our heels when conflict arises.
Tags: conflict · Doug Ford · First Nation protests · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · teacher protests
2019 in Review: The Year of the Political Witch Hunt
December 30th, 2019 Comments Off on 2019 in Review: The Year of the Political Witch Hunt
A reluctant commentary on the scandal plagued year in politics.
Tags: Andrew Scheer · Boris Johnston · Donald Trump · Doug Ford · Justin Trudeau · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Prince Andrew
Bread and Circuses – The Aftermath of the Provincial Election
June 9th, 2018 Comments Off on Bread and Circuses – The Aftermath of the Provincial Election
Lessons to be learned from the Ontario provincial election that was fought on a “bread and circuses” platform.
Tags: bread and circuses · Doug Ford · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Ontario election
Signs, Signs, Everywhere a (Red, Blue or Orange) Sign
May 12th, 2018 8 Comments
Borrowing from the Five Man Electrical Band song to put the current Ontario provincial election into perspective.
Tags: Andea Horvath · Doug Ford · Kathleen Wynn · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mike Schreiner · Ontario provincial election