Ford’s cynical election call should disabuse voters of the notion that he’s just a straight-shooting regular guy

Doug Ford comes across as a regular guy, a breed apart from the smooth-talking modern politician. In fact, as a member of an intensely political clan, born and raised in the game, he is as calculating as the best of them. Consider the spin he is putting on his decision to call a snap election.Mr. Ford would have Ontario voters believe he is summoning them to the polls so that he can gain a new mandate to fend off Donald Trump and his tariffs. In fact, as anyone who has paid the slightest attention knows, he began laying the ground for an early election long before Mr. Trump won back the presidency in November.