The perception painted by both the recent Auditor General’s report and the Integrity Commissioner is that he allowed special treatment for wealthy developers, at the expense of taxpayers and the environment and went back on his word not to touch the Greenbelt lands. The fundamental problem is that the issue threatens the Premier’s populist brand of looking out for Mr. “I don’t know whether they will forgive him for this.”
“Ford is really good at being able to pivot and apologize and people kind of forgive him,” Abacus pollster David Coletto was quoted as saying. Whether or not he can replicate the move again remains to be seen. The public rewarded him with another majority government victory last year. When Ford ran into public opposition during the COVID pandemic over his shutdown orders, he reversed course, took responsibility, and apologized. Polls can be notoriously volatile but the trend lines from two reputable pollsters are flashing danger signs for the government. The Liberals, for example, are still at 28 percent.Īngus Reid’s poll shows Ford’s personal support has also dropped five points to 28 per cent, his lowest ranking since his election in 2018. At 34 four per cent, that is still majority government territory if an election were to be held today and the lost support is not shifting to the Opposition parties. Tory support among committed voters dropped seven per cent in the past few weeks in the Abacus poll.
The issue is also beginning to affect the public’s opinion of the government and the Premier according to two recent polls from Angus Reid and Abacus Data. They announced that development would continue on the designated Greenbelt lands, despite the review and that even more of the protected land could be identified for development. The Premier and his new minister, Paul Calandra, then poured gas on the fire, erasing any benefit the resignation might have given the government in containing the scandal. The controversy over developing some land in the protected Greenbelt, continues to dog the footsteps of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government.Īfter weeks of unflattering headlines, Housing Minister Steve Clark finally stepped aside and the government announced it would review the lands in question.
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