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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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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 year ago

Remember the gas plant scandal?

It seems so quaint now in the face of Doug Ford's open corruption.

Vote better, Ontario.

[–] SirFancypants@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"It was a mistake to establish a process that moved too fast,” Ford said.

Pretty tacit admission that he'll try again. He's just sorry he got caught.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was a mistake to move fast enough for voters to notice, I should have boiled them slowly like a frog.

[–] deborahh@mstdn.ca 3 points 1 year ago

@nik282000 @SirFancypants 💯

His "apology" did not rebuild shattered trust.
He's toast.

#dougFordIsCorrupt #DougFordIsALiar

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago

Ford was the mistake..

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

"As a first step to earn back your trust, I’ll be reversing the changes we made and won’t make any changes to the Greenbelt in the future.”

As a first step to earn back your trust, I'll dump the person I was cheating on you with and won't bang them again in the future!

[–] Fhek@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Ford was the mistake.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Make him walk the entire length of the land he was trying to develop!

[–] TemporaryBoyfriend@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder what other scandal this is covering for... Normally they make big announcements only to distract from other malfeasance.

[–] TemporaryBoyfriend@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And here's why:

https://mstdn.ca/@gemelliz/111105853082374690

I told you it was a distraction...

[–] xc2215x@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Glad Doug understands now.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

But does he understood he fucking lied in the first place? He's still a shitheel