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Scott Stinson: Mark Carney's airport plans get a gushing endorsement from Doug Ford

Ontario's premier is finding allies across the political aisle amid the trade war with the United States. ‘Isn’t that what the people want?’ Ford asks

There cannot be many better examples of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” than the scene that played out on Wednesday morning at a medical building on the northern edge of Toronto.

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When Mélanie Joly, the federal minister of industry, took to the podium to celebrate the opening of Sanofi’s new vaccine manufacturing facility, backed by money from all three levels of government, she did the usual thing of noting the dignitaries present, which included, as she nodded toward the Ontario premier, “my dear Doug.”

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When it was dear Doug’s turn to speak, Ford called Joly “my favourite minister,” then joked about the other federal ministers who would be calling him to complain that he had used that particular adjective about Joly. He name-dropped a couple: Dominic LeBlanc. François-Philippe Champagne. Great pals, the lot of them.

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