Is The Doug Ford Story As Bad As It Looks?

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Is The Doug Ford Story As Bad As It Looks?

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Is it as bad as it looks or not as bad as it looks? That's the question being asked of the Doug Ford wedding party thrown for his daughter and attended by figures who paid for entry, figures that may have eventually benefitted from the Ford government. Chantal and Bruce have their thoughts on that plus on Justin Trudeau and his handling of the leaked CSIS story.

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