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Ford tells protesters to 'go find a job' as controversial housing bill passes at Queen's Park (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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Shouts and chants rained down upon politicians at the Ontario legislature Monday as the government passed a housing bill that critics say makes it easier for landlords to evict tenants.

"People over profits," members of ACORN Canada, a tenant advocacy group, chanted from the public gallery at Queen's Park at the time of the vote.

At one point, Premier Doug Ford told the yelling crowd to "go find a job."

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[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Drug Fraud proving yet again why he never should have been elected.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Democracy only works when people actually go out and fucking vote.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

And it still barely works then cause we don't have proportional representation. Doug ford has 65% of the seats with 40% of the vote. He is not what most of Ontario wants, but its what we are stuck with.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Most of Ontario didn't even vote, so most of Ontario DID want him.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't change the 65% of the seats for 40% of the votes statistic. Most voters didn't want him. Those who didn't vote don't impact the polls, maybe if they did vote it could skew the broken system away from Ford but it is clear our voting system needs to be reformed.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago

It needs reform, however not voting means you are just as okay with the elected official as you are somebody else getting voted in. If people cared to try to get him out, they would vote. In fact, with the system as broken as it is, it's even more important to go out and vote if you don't want him.

[–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago

Holy fucking shit. Shut up with this stupid narrative. MOST VOTERS DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS GOVERNMENT. Even if the turnout was high and he won, it doesn't matter because we don't have the fucking time to wait for another election. You are fantasizing, time to catch up with reality.

Did you go to your MPP's office? Are you willing to get arrested fighting this? I'm so tired of liberals in this country conveniently drawing the line of action where they're most comfortable. They're going to target you either way.