The Ontario premier took a page out of the U.S. president’s playbook at a conference of conservative thinkers Saturday but insisted he’s no Donald Trump.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford makes a keynote address at the Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa on Saturday.Premier Doug Ford says mainstream journalists have become irrelevant because social media allows him to speak directly to Ontarians.
Speaking at the annual Manning Networking Conference, Ford accused journalists of being “far-left” and intent on distorting the messages of politicians.“I get along with them one-on-one, I really do,” Ford told the crowd. During last year’s provincial election, he recounted how he “drove the media crazy” by going directly to voters through social media tools like Facebook and Youtube and Twitter.
“They want to take what you said and clip and chop and twist it around but we went direct to the people. And they know they’re losing the battle,” Ford said.Attacking the media is a favourite ploy of U.S. President Donald Trump, but Ford insisted he’s no Trump.Still, Ford praised Trump’s policies, particularly slashing the corporate tax rate and reducing regulatory red tape that he said has spurred economic growth.
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