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Bipartisan Failure
Both countries have stepped on the same rakes. Here are some of the bigger swings and misses. Not an endorsement of any party in either country.
Loose Cannons
The Greenbelt Land Swap · 2022 to 2024
Premier Doug Ford opened protected Ontario Greenbelt land to development. Specific developers connected to his party benefited handsomely. The Auditor General reported the selection process was tilted toward insiders. Two ministers resigned. The policy was reversed after public outcry.
The Beer Store Buyout · 2024
Ontario paid $225 million to end the Beer Store's exclusive contract a year early so beer could be sold in corner stores sooner. Beer was already heading to corner stores when the contract expired naturally. The cheque landed directly in the provincial deficit.
Sharpiegate · 2019
Trump showed reporters a hurricane forecast map he had altered with a black marker to suggest the storm would hit Alabama. NOAA scientists who corrected the public record were threatened with firing. Federal weather staff were pressed to publicly back the President's marker.
Two Scoops of Ice Cream · 2017
Time magazine reported that the President received two scoops of ice cream at White House dinners while every other guest got one. The detail dominated political coverage for days. It became cultural shorthand for presidential entitlement at the smallest possible scale.
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Dozens more swings and misses from both countries.
