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Author: Alex Bozikovic
Publication Date: January 10, 2026 - 06:45
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Ford asked for trouble with Ontario Place. The Supreme Court may give it to him
January 10, 2026
For six years, Doug Ford has had a problem named Therme. Since the Ontario Premier agreed to hand over much of Ontario Place to that European waterpark operator, he has been plagued by a crush of allegations – chiefly, of rewriting the rules to serve a pet project and a well-connected business. He’s waved them away like a pesky swarm of flies.
He can’t so easily dismiss the Supreme Court of Canada. In a surprising move this week, the court agreed to hear a challenge of Mr. Ford’s 2023 Rebuilding Ontario Place Act. The move is the message: His aggressive, destructive, expensive remaking of this public park is no longer just weird. It may be unconstitutional.
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You gotta love China these days.
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