Ford's on Team Harper; they just went to considerable trouble to prop up Ford's re-election chances with federal subway funding out of the blue. (Ford's subsequent tack, that suburban subways across Finch and Sheppard are clearly of greater importance than a downtown relief line, so those should clearly happen before any downtown relief line is contemplated, is of a piece with the whole "hatred of functional cites" conservative policy line.)
It's hard to tell what will actually damage Ford, politically, but this can't be good. And it can't begin to hope to keep Duffy's next shoe, if he's got one to drop, out of the headlines.
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Ford's on Team Harper; they just went to considerable trouble to prop up Ford's re-election chances with federal subway funding out of the blue. (Ford's subsequent tack, that suburban subways across Finch and Sheppard are clearly of greater importance than a downtown relief line, so those should clearly happen before any downtown relief line is contemplated, is of a piece with the whole "hatred of functional cites" conservative policy line.)
It's hard to tell what will actually damage Ford, politically, but this can't be good. And it can't begin to hope to keep Duffy's next shoe, if he's got one to drop, out of the headlines.