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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He got caught selling crack to high schoolers

I'm sorry, he did what?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The whole family has a history of drugs, so it's not surprising to anyone in the GTA. His brother was the mayor of Toronto, and there was a big scandal surrounding it at one point. He ended up dying, and Doug has had a grudge against the Toronto city council. One of his first acts when he became premier was to slash the city council by like half.

Here's a link if you're interested

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/globe-investigation-the-ford-familys-history-with-drug-dealing/article12153014/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Thank you for the resource! That's wild!!!