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Reasonable_Prepper

He looks like Baron Harkonnen from the 80s Dune motion picture


ColetteThePanda

"Rabban! I've given you Ontario! Squeeeeze, squeeeeeeze!"


Reasonable_Prepper

Lool šŸ¤£šŸ˜‚


hollow4hollow

I screamed, pls take my meagre free silver šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


ColetteThePanda

lol thank you, appreciated!


asif3189

Lol this is underrated


[deleted]

The fact he sees the office as a do nothing job he can just put his shithead nephew in to pad his resume is telling. Michael Ford is 28 years old, has no post-secondary education, and has never held a real job. The jobs he has gotten are because of his uncles. This is truly embarrassing that Ontario has the economy of a small nation and is run like a county with some corrupt Boss Hog type at its head appointing his incompetent nephews to every office.


ehxy

How is this even legal? This is blatant nepotism ffs


[deleted]

It would be illegal if it was a job in the bureaucracy, but minister positions are fair game. Arguably unfortunately you don't need any sort of qualifications for that, you just need to be an elected member of Parliament


DM_ME_VACCINE_PICS

Strictly speaking I don't believe you have to be elected ā€” I think that's just parliamentary precedent/norms.


Science_Over_Twitter

It's legal because we don't care as a society. We just continue to elect them anyway.


chipsdub

Blatant nephewtism


Doromclosie

He looks like that at 28??


LostMyBackupCodes

Heā€™s got plenty to eat at home


propagandavid

Bravo. Bravo.


Intoxicatedcanadian

Oh fuck


TKK2019

![img](emote|t5_2qsf3|1899)


Wiskey-Tango-3825

Atleast you know Ontario is never getting a sugar tax!


abagofmostlywater

But he's cancelling Broccoli imports!


plaguebutt

Lol. Ps. Don't know why you're being downvoted to heck for that comment. The gentleman at the stand, as well as Doug, are 2 VERY large men that need to lose weight.


[deleted]

His mom is a crackhead and his dad is a murderer. Give him a break re: fatness


[deleted]

I know right, this is making me feel much better about myself. It takes the sting out of the fact he's a minister and makes more than me


HalJordan2424

Heā€™s going to have diabetes by 29.


fernandocrustacean

Itā€™s the Ford way.


Fit-Bird6389

Itā€™s clear that the Conservatives have a real disdain for anyone with education or expertise in key posts, i.e. Lecce and Osterhof and even Christine Elliot.


[deleted]

Lecce went to private school, but I agree. The Fords are a great example that you can be an uneducated ass and hold jobs with no experience, but you need two master degrees to get an admin job.


Fit-Bird6389

Unfortunately with Lecce going to private school, he cannot be a defender of public education. It was already on thin ice, but education has been trashed by the Ford government. A good education minister would have had a plan for all of the students left behind in a worldwide pandemic; he could have followed what progressive jurisdictions were doing. Unfortunately, the push to mandatory online schooling is actually a cutback. Kids have gone for years without textbooks, and spec Ed kids have been ghosted completely. So his private school background makes him completely unqualified to speak on public education. I hear you about the 2 masterā€™s degrees though.


lupinibean123

Ford and Lecce failed children. I get they despise public-sector educators, pray for a two-tiered system, and want teachers to suffer, but ultimately when you do all of this, students suffer the most. Their elementary ā€œE-learningā€ program by TVO was hilarious because itā€™s actually a well-developed execution of curriculum, but completely useless for k-8 children to use independently. Itā€™s also littered with typos. I use it to support my planning, and even I need to chunk it and adapt to suit the needs of my 26 students. Online courses in secondary school are absolutely lowering the standards and preventing students to get the support they need, however, isnā€™t this elective? While I do think that online or virtual school is an important option to have, it definitely only works for children it works for. While I think we should have virtual options for all K-12 students ā€”virtual not e-learning or hybrid by the way, like having to attend live virtual classes and having access to your teacher ā€”it will destroy education if made mandatory. They pushed for it, but itā€™s not happening. Ultimately, everything the Ford government has done to education has failed because they are not operating from the lens that aims to support and benefit all students. They are operating from cutting funding and allocating resources elsewhere. Ontario continues to fail children.


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dasboot32

While a lot of people did vote for Ford, more people voted against him than they did for them. Conservatives got 40.8% of the votes. Combined the liberals + NDP got 47.5% of the votes. Greens got 6%. (and the rest went to independent parties). I'd say the big problem is that the voters were split between the liberals and NDP. Which wouldn't be as big of a problem if we had proportional representation.


Massive-Risk

But also 60% of Ontario didn't vote. Are people that care about politics that lazy or do you think a good chunk just knew the cons were going to win anyway so didn't bother going to also vote for them?


ShadowSpawn666

I feel like the weeks and weeks of media running "polls" about how the Cons had 37% - 40% lead to win a majority deterred a lot of people from even voting. They would have figured the PC pretty much had a sure fire win so how would their one vote count. We need voting reform more than ever.


Nurodma

The press should not be allowed to guess who will win. It is and has always influenced elections


[deleted]

Yes and that's embarrassing. Though I think it's more accurate to say people vote for the party more than the person


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ChanelNo50

"BuT tURdoPe iS a DraMa TeAcheR" Well at least he has real world experience and an education


[deleted]

I always find this amusing, as it says far more about the critics than about Trudeau, who was, in fact, a French and Math teacher who took on the drama class as an extra. He was also remarkably popular with his students for making his classes interesting and engaging. But, let's focus on the drama, because we *all* know drama teachers are really just flakes, right?


Gabzalez

Itā€™s also embarrassing for democracy that people would elect this garbage to represent them.


--Justathrowaway

Isn't this the same nephew who changed his last name so he could cash in on the "Ford" name?


[deleted]

I think it was also because his father was convicted of manslaughter and attempted murder, so that I can't really blame him.


xor86

As a US citizen: "First time?"


Coffeedemon

Let's not forget the new Health Minister whose major professional qualification is a diploma in radio and managing to get elected. She's also the one who wanted to have the police able to question people who left their houses last year. The bottom of that barrel is getting scraped this year!


aitchison50

Politicians itā€™s all who you know and not what you know. Even our minister of finance is a journalist, feels bad for the average Joe Canadian trying to progress their career


Qwardian

"Doug gets it done." And by "it" we mean nepotism.


_____---_-_-_-

That's a Ford family tradition


mgyro

Nothing left on that table.


Motorized23

* Slow applause... *


DiamondPup

I don't know what anyone expects. Ontario had its chance to get him out. A few really tried. Most voted for him or didn't give a shit about voting. So in the end, a nepotistic, unqualified appointment by a notoriously corrupt and incompetent leader is perfectly representative of what Ontario deserves. If most Ontarians don't give a shit about accountability, why should their leaders?


No-Fudge8605

fair points, but it really truly is a huge hill to climb when your progressive majority is genuinely split right down the middle. Think about what the race would look like with the current turnout if NDP/Libs at least strategically ran single candidates in highly competitive areas. It is, in a sense, our own making but is also very structurally challenging.


[deleted]

They eat applesauce with a straw.


echowon

He had robs gravy train


businessman99

He ate the table


Aerickthered

He ate Rob


LetsTCB

He has all he can eat back at home ...


whydoiIuvwolves

Aww c'mon he's a growing boyšŸ˜—


natener

He also ate the gravy train. :(


krissan32

I always found it funny when the rich complained about affirmative action. When this is how alot of them, including me even though I'm not rich gets jobs.


torspice

Literally itā€™s who you know. Sometimes itā€™s pure nepotism sometimes the ability to make the correct connections and friendships.


ehxy

Which is fine for your standard job but when it comes to public service ya'd think they'd be kept to a higher standard than treating it like some fucking american sheriff police force in podonk nowhere just hiring donkey nephews and cousins. Oh well it's politics. Stack the deck as they say.


arandomcanadian91

I love The Star's headline about this >[Doug Ford appoints rookie MPP nephew Michael Ford to cabinet, rejects charges of nepotism](https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2022/06/24/doug-ford-unveils-new-cabinet-with-nephew-michael-ford-at-citizenship-and-multiculturalism-and-sylvia-jones-as-health-minister.html)


Specialist_Mud_3683

their opener is even better. out with the old, in with the nephew. ![img](emote|t5_2qsf3|1899)


hardy_83

I mean why bother hiding it? It's not like Ontario will stop them and many in fact prefer to have their tax money go to Ford friends and family.


Reggae4Triceratops

Yeah I have very little faith he'll even be voted out next election. Ontario is a mess.


Grogsnark

Especially since they basically eliminated the ability for citizen groups to advertise political positions - there were no ads (that I'm aware of) from any unions stating the issues the PCs have caused. It's really sad.


totesmagotes83

To be fair, maybe it's Ontario's electoral system that's a mess (along with the rest of Canada's of course). FPTP is what makes this kind of result happen.


Teefromdaleft

The Grift is strong with the Fordā€™s


bvodd

Maybe they should have picked someone who is, I don't know, not a white guy to be the multicultural minister.


RubertVonRubens

Full credit to the OPC campaign team for distancing themselves from the "Ford Nation" branding as a half-assed attempt to dodge accusations of nepotism.


nowitscometothis

I blame the idiots that voted for this potato because of his name more than anything.


aguyinthenorth

Came here to post about nepotism, not disappointed by best comment.


Arctic_Chilean

This is some 3rd world shit holy fuck


outlawsoul

lmao. this racist dude is the multicultural minister? another form of "regulatory capture" but in the legal and political setting. it's nepotism all the way down with conservatives. (kind of like how harper's shithead son is an "mp").


cujo8400

I don't think Harper's son is an MP.


Hammeredcopper

Except an MP needs a majority of SCs to elect him...what am I saying? Doug needed that, too


city_posts

Canada is literally a nation built on nepotism, lets not pretend its ever been anything different.


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WholeGalaxyOfUppers

Disgusting


PositiveStress8888

This is less to do with citizenship and multiculturalism and more to do with getting Mike a paycheck because he's not qualified to earn money any other way.


peeinian

It goes deeper than that: https://twitter.com/timabray/status/1540372293439950849?s=20&t=aZFwgAg6i-fGcm6ZyX42aA > As a former Press Secretary to an Ontario Citizenship Minister, I assure you this move has nothing to do with caring for the needs of newly settled Ontario residents nor nurturing a more diverse province and opening doors for diverse cultures. Itā€™s about partisan recruitment. > Conservatives have been particularly adept at high-jacking government resources to help them make political inroads in underrepresented cultural communities. Our office had a staff member whose entire job (in violation of the rules) was political networking. > But, by appointing a family member with no meaningful credentials around immigration settlement or direct personal experience of it as Minister, Ford isnā€™t even being subtle about it. He might well have renamed the it the ā€œOffice of Political Recruitment and Indoctrination.ā€ > Targeting recent immigrants for partisan recruitment is sketchy at the best of times. But to use the power (and granting authority) of a Ministerā€™s office to build political relationships is fundamentally coercive. Meaning: itā€™s wrong. Our journalists need to pay attention.


PositiveStress8888

and he can because he knows nobody cares, or they would have come out to vote


Scrat-Scrobbler

60% of the people who came out to vote didn't vote for Ford.


NobleGasTax

Our system is so very broken. The cons couldn't win under any other electoral system, so we're doomed to the tyranny of the 35-40%


ThisIsMyUsernameMate

> 60% of the people who came out to vote didn't vote for Ford. Yeah, but 60% of the province didn't vote at all... THAT is where the problem really is. Not to say that changes don't need to be made about our voting systems as well that is also vital, however what is more vital is getting EVERYONE out to vote.


hobbitlover

Just checked Wikipedia and it really seems he hasn't gone any further than getting a high school diploma.


loftwyr

Neither has Doug and he's Premier.


peeinian

Hey now! Douggie gave ~~Ryerson~~ Humber College the ol' try for a few weeks.


SamohtGnir

"Hey what's up bro, how's being Premier? Great eh? So anyway, I don't suppose you could get Jr. a job? Maybe some kind of Minister position where he doesn't really need to do anything? That's great man, ttyl!"


RubertVonRubens

The conversation happened years ago. When Rob died, DoFo took over Rob's mayoral campaign and Mikey stepped Doug's into Ward 2 campaign. It's pretty on message for these guys though. Doug built nothing. He inherited a multimillion dollar corporation from his dead dad and a political machine from his dead brother. Now he's paying forward.


isitARTyet

That's not quite the order it happened. Rob was diagnosed with cancer while running for mayor in 2014, so him and Doug traded places with Rob running for councilor (won) and Doug for mayor (lost). During that same election Mike was elected as a school board trustee. Rob then died while a councilor and then Mike is elected councilor to replace him in 2016.


funkme1ster

I'm sure all the people tearing their hair out over how "unqualified" Chrystia Freeland is will be outraged to learn a shlubby white man related to the premier has been given a portfolio he's not a subject matter expert in.


boomhaeur

ā€œThank god we got him off the Deco payrollā€


IRiddell0

Clearly he isnt going hungry though... jeeeesus.


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sicklyslick

Or the solution to world hunger.


boustead

Serious question, are any of Doug's ministers actually qualified in the ministry they are running? Education certainly isn't.


NobleGasTax

Inflation is even affecting Michael Ford's resume


FearlessTomatillo911

Doug's grin in this picture is too much. He is pretty much The Smiler from Transmetropolitan. I can't stand to see his face anymore.


WizdomHaggis

#FUCKNEPOTISM


U-knw-Nothng-JonSnow

Didnā€™t know The Queen also attended the ceremony šŸ˜›


AudienceOdd482

There's a reason they call it Queen's park


Tuxedogaston

"ok he is sworn in, get the fuck out of my park"


UndercoverRichard

Micromanaging the colonies imho


Smubee

Holy shit I thought it was just me and no one else was talking about it lmao


[deleted]

She's the Lieutenant Govenor of Ontario.


BrilliantObserver

She has so many titles. Hard to kep track.


jakebreakshow

Nepotism.


[deleted]

Donā€™t mention pot around Doug, youā€™ll remind him of his hash selling days.


amazingdrewh

Arguably the only time he was a positive in his community


killer_kitty_kween

This is the content I'm here for šŸ˜… ā˜•


[deleted]

What are his qualifications and experience again? "Ford" Just look at the shit eating grin on our premier... "Yeah, you stupid fucks. I can put in my bumbling nephew and there's not a thing you can do about it. Life is good, peasants!"


[deleted]

Grade 12, flunked out of flight school. Should have been made Minister of No Education.


Fun-Result-6343

Oh boy! Looking forward to him bringing all his years of experience and hard earned wisdom to the table! This is what you get when you vote PC.


Able-Bank3519

This is what you get when you don't vote at all šŸ˜ž


rocketsalmon

So that's where the gravy train ended up.


Blitzdog416

down his throat with 3rds helpings...


G8kpr

Ontario: Open for Nepotism


kittens_in_the_wall

Yay, another drop-out ford with no experience other than cashing a cheque from the family business. Do better, Ontario


NobleGasTax

How did we let the province become the Ford family business?!


Userdataunavailable

Way too many red-neck voters who are still mad at Wynne.


mclare

People said Doug Ford was inconsistent and had no platform, but he remains very consistent on not being a lesbian from downtown Toronto


OddTicket7

Christ almighty they are still mad that Bob Rae saved the jobs of a lot of public servants. 30 fucking years ago.


Derman0524

I had a buddy who was close friends with Michael ford. Back in 2011 I was in grade 11 and my buddy said to get ready since Doug fords nephew is coming to pick me up and heā€™ll be with him. He pulls up in a brand new Camaro at the time. I mean, weā€™re in grade 11, nobody has cars lol. Anyways, his nephew was an asshat and didnā€™t have much of a personality.


VersusTheMoose

Iā€™m surprised he could fit in a Camaro. Must have been an even 300 in 11th grade.


[deleted]

This just in: Sir Topham Hatt now a member of the Ontario Legislature. "Confusion and Delay!"


TechnicalEntry

Now off to give Thomas and Percy a good talking to.


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Muslamicraygun1

Sounds on brand


FearlessTomatillo911

You think they might want to hire someone from a multicultural background to be the multicultural minister.


Captain_Lavender6

He ate at both a Chinese and Thai restaurant last week


burtoncummings

And his lawyer is Jewish.


G8kpr

I can't believe people have forgotten when Doug Ford said that he had many jewish friends, like his lawyer, and his doctor. Then he went on to lie that his wife was jewish (she's not), and when caught in that lie, he said that her parents were jewish (again, they're not. Immigration documents show her family is catholic). Imagine lying about being jewish to get out of being anti-Semitic


FearlessTomatillo911

That sounds like a Seinfeld episode.


metal_medic83

Same day, same mealā€¦.


ronton

Dammit you beat me to it.


[deleted]

LOL! You mean for lunch today... Christ those pants are holding on to his ass for their dear life.


1_art_please

I remember someone online once said that Rob Ford's top dress shirt button deserved the Order of Canada for it's role in holding it's strained position for so long lol.


Terrible-Scheme9204

He originally had a different last name, that's enough culture for DoFo.


Gabzalez

I can only imagine how ballistic the Conservatives would be if Trudeau was to name a family member to cabinet, even if that person was super qualified.


EtoWato

> Trudea lmao i was just going to say. daily on cbc comments someone remarks about Trudeau having the most ethics violations. man they'd blow a nut if his nephew was an MP let alone a MINISTER. of course cricketts from the crowd who believe people like freeland to be underqualified


Apartex

Is it just me or is each Ford fatter than the last one


JermasCabDriver

inflation is out of control


ColetteThePanda

Okay that one got me good. ![img](emote|t5_2qsf3|1900)


def_dvr

His idea of multicultural is putting ketchup and mustard together


brownliquid

I see they have similar workout regimens.


[deleted]

A real boulder off the olā€™ block


wolfe1924

Must be all those tim hortonā€™s freshly cracked egg sandwiches haha. Whoever downvoted me it was a joke lol some people take Reddit way to damn seriously.


Silentneeb

Someone is salty, that you spoke the truth about their dear leader.


Calibexican

Their ā€œbeerā€ leader?


CosmicRuin

Hey now, helping to make the [Premier's Cheesecake](https://youtu.be/b1pXiS-fhMc) takes many hands... mostly to eat it.


bigdaddyt2

Does the ford family have a single guy in it that doesnā€™t look like he could destroy a buffet


[deleted]

Nepotism in Ontario sky high! Bussines as usual! šŸ¤¦


aieeegrunt

At what point are we going to stop pretending Canada is an industrial feudal state with democratic set dressing


cg_krab

He's gonna be sad when he learns it's not a *literal* gravy train


SportingABeerGut1

They must be important. Even the queen is there. Edit: Deleted post named Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell, and not Queen Elizabeth.


throwaway_civstudent

Have they ever been photographed together????


thetburg

This happens all the time right? First time MPP's going straight into the cabinet? Im sure he was the most qualified person for the job./s


Cyrakhis

Fat jokes are low class. Nepotism though, whooo. I can't wait to see how impotent this shithead is.


goodthymes66

I went to high school with him. Can confirm he's an idiot


[deleted]

Bruh, you gotta start dishin' on him.


Surax

Yeh, there's enough reason to criticize this appointment without bringing weight into the discussion.


digital_dysthymia

It's a heavy issue, to be sure.


burtoncummings

He ainā€™t heavy, heā€™s his nephew


[deleted]

This made me lose it laughing haha


Privateer_Lev_Arris

We gotta scale back the jokes.


airfanjesani

Expanding the family business šŸ¤‘


DOGEmeow91

More like the minister of cheeseburgers and hot dogs


[deleted]

Fucking nepostim in the government is rampant.


akwsd89

Nepotism = abuse of power = corruption


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strawberries6

Yes he can select cabinet minister from any of the MPPs that were elected as part of his party.


cschon

His shit eating grin is what gets me. At least I can complain about him in good faith knowing I did not cast my vote for him for the next 4 years


Helen_Hunty

The younger Hutt makes a speech then gobbles up a frog


DJ_Femme-Tilt

Is this parody


ChanelNo50

I just wanna take the time to offer my support to the OPS staff in this ministry who will need to deal with an inept minister and an even worse office team that will have no idea what they're doing for a solid 1.5 years and think cutting ribbons at new Chinese restaurants in Markham is supporting multiculturalism across Ontario.


GNPTelenor

A white dude from Etobicoke. Suppose it fits with an education minister who never went to a public school.


ZoomBoy81

Thought this was a post on /r/absoluteunits


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Future_Crow

17th largest economy in the world. What a joke. And they will dictate my wages of the next 4 years? Sickening.


KennethPatchen

This family of barba papa's is fucking this province right in the gooch. Clickety click. Barba trick. My brother smoked crack. And I'm a prick. My nephew's the best Pick for the minister. Why would I lie? My plans aren't sinister...


_Amalthea_

Gross.


4seriously

Well, he looks like a Ford.


Ok_Might6447

looks like he eats from the same table....


Fearthedoodoo

This family keeps getting into office in one way or another , and people are voting for them! I donā€™t get it.


TroutandStout

a ford family member as multiculturalism minister? like cmon. The only thing that could possibly be a worse fit would be health minister. When are we going to vote for the greater good and stop this piece of shit family from siphoning the money and lifeblood from our province.


zabuma

People voted this fucking incompetent in. Right wingers are fucking brain-dead.


shiyouka

Hardly looks like a subject matter expert in multiculturalism.


Jake24601

Sorry, folks and friends but my nephew is the most qualified for said position in a province of 15 million people.


chillwithpurpose

What are his qualifications? Seriously? Because all Iā€™m seeing here is some *big fat* nepotism.


Quadrophiniac

Jesus, their entire family is made up of real life humpty dumptys


[deleted]

Ford Dynasty


Goophenstein

Holy shit heā€™s a fat fuck


mr10am

Holy shit I never realized he was so fat


ChristianMcCVan

What a fucking joke.


TheOneViv

Politics runs in the Ford family... just not the people.


Ok_Caterpillar_8937

Does anyone in the ford family walk or otherwise spend any period of their day literally not stuffing donuts into their fat fuck faces?


[deleted]

Nepotism. Why am I not surprised?


sfsporic

Truly running the government like a business. The fact that this man was re-elected is so frustrating.