Liberals launch $1M-attack-ad blitz throwing Doug Ford´s words back at him
(The Star Food)

Ontario’s governing Liberals are launching a $1-million attack-ad blitz on Doug Ford, using the rookie Progressive Conservative leader’s own words against him.Starting Monday, the party will begin airing pre-election ads that target Ford for his policies and past pronouncements on autistic children, abortion and race.“There’s the Doug Ford you think you know,� intones a female narrator over a photo of Ford.She continues over a soundtrack of ominous music: “And then there’s the real Doug Ford: who will give corporations huge tax cuts, but takes the minimum wage raise right out of hard-working people’s pockets; who will fire 40,000 public sector workers, including teachers and healthcare workers; put restrictions on a woman’s right to decide her own pregnancy, and won’t make big business pay a cent to address climate change. The real Doug Ford. He’d be comfortable living in that kind of Ontario. Would you?�The 30-second spot, prepared by Bensimon Byrne, cites, as source material, news stories in the Star, The Canadian Press, the Ottawa Citizen, Maclean’s and the National Observer.A second ad, that cites a 2014 CBC News report, is called “Doug Said,� and is the first in a planned series on Ford’s more controversial statements, which are being collected at a Liberal website called “Real Doug Ford.�“Doug said, in response to a home for autistic kids that was built in his community: ‘It ruined the community. My heart goes out to kids with autism, but no one told me they’d be leaving the house. If it comes down to it, I’ll buy the house, myself, and resell it.’�The tag-line is: “If we really listen to Doug Ford, he tells us exactly who he is.�While none of the ads feature Premier Kathleen Wynne, who is trailing Ford in every public-opinion poll, the Liberals insist they will showcase their leader during the June 7 c ...