According to KLEIN, the recent actions of Doug Ford and Wab Kinew were not examples of leadership, but rather political theatre.
This theatre came at a significant cost to Canadians, including job losses, damage to credibility, and a lack of common sense.
Ontario's premier spent over $75 million of taxpayer money on a TV commercial featuring a manipulated video of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
The goal was to take a stand against American tariffs and score political points with Canadian voters by pretending to channel Reagan's words.
However, the plan failed spectacularly, with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation stating that the Ontario government had not asked permission to use or alter Reagan's 1987 speech.
Autor's summary: Ford and Kinew's political theatre was an embarrassment.