Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he can work with Toronto mayor-elect Olivia Chow, despite his endorsement of opponent
, despite previously warning that her election would be an “unmitigated disaster” for the city and endorsing rival candidate Mark Saunders, who finished a distant third.
“During the election, you throw some mud back and forth, but I’ll tell you one thing: people expect us to work together and that’s exactly what we’re going to do,” Mr. Ford said at an unrelated skills-training announcement on Tuesday near Cambridge, Ont.Mr. Ford said last week that he was voting for former Toronto police chief Mark Saunders, and the Saunders campaign released a robocall on Friday featuring Mr. Ford’s endorsement.
Mr. Ford said he and Ms. Chow will find common ground on her pledge to build more housing in Toronto. “We’re doing our fair share,” the Premier said. “One word of advice … get your fiscal house in order. You can’t come to the feds and the province all the time.”
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