People in Ontario are thanking Doug Ford but not for the reason you'd expect Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. It's pretty safe to say that constituents in Ontario are not fans of Premier Doug Ford these days as the provincial government continues to, in many people's eyes, completely mismanage the COVID-19 crisis. Between incessant lockdowns that are extreme enough to ruin lives but not enough to actually curb virus transmission where needed, to an embarrassingly sluggish and confusing-as-hell vaccine rollout, Ford has not gained many fans in recent months, though he has relinquished much of his responsibility to the health officials on his team.