{"id":9034,"date":"2018-09-07T13:46:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T17:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/?p=9034"},"modified":"2018-09-14T13:55:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T17:55:35","slug":"premier-ford-unjustifiably-breaking-an-election-promise-is-a-big-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/?p=9034","title":{"rendered":"Premier Ford: Unjustifiably breaking an election promise is a <b>big<\/b> problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was so surprising and disappointing when Premier Doug Ford stated at his <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/?p=8988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 29, 2018 press conference<\/a> that he intended to break his election promise, that for the first time our issue received coverage by Toronto and national media:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Globe and Mail article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ford-backtracks-on-promise-to-cancel-bala-falls-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, local copy <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FordBacktracksOnPromiseToCancelBalaFallsProject,TheGlobeAndMail,20180830.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0(August 30, 2018).<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Toronto Star article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/queenspark\/2018\/08\/28\/ford-says-he-has-to-break-promise-to-stop-bala-falls-hydroelectric-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, local copy <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DougFordBreaksPromiseToKillBalaHydroPlant,SaysItWouldCost\u2018AnAbsoluteFortune\u2019,TheStar,20180829.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0(August 29, 2018).<\/li>\n<li>Toronto Star article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/queenspark\/2018\/08\/28\/keep-your-election-promise-bala-residents-tell-doug-ford.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, local copy <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/KeepYourElectionPromise,BalaResidentsTellDougFord,TheStar,20180828.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> (August 28, 2018).<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>CTV Barrie evening news video coverage <a href=\"https:\/\/barrie.ctvnews.ca\/video?clipId=1477604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, local copy <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CTVBarrie,20180901.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> (September 1, 2018).<\/li>\n<li>CTV Barrie article <a href=\"https:\/\/barrie.ctvnews.ca\/rally-held-in-bala-to-protest-premier-ford-s-broken-campaign-promise-1.4077143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, local copy <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/RallyHeldInBalaToProtestPremierFord'sBrokenCampaignPromise,CTVBarrieNews,20180901.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> (September 1, 2018)<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Kelly Cutrara Show, Global News Radio, Toronto AM640 <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/kelly-cutrara\/ford-flip-flops-on-bala-falls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, local copy <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ford_flip_flops_on_Bala_Falls,KellyCutrara,20180829.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> (August 29, 2018)<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>National Observer article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2018\/08\/29\/news\/doug-ford-muses-about-breaking-promise-and-blames-kathleen-wynne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, local copy <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DougFordMusesAboutBreakingPromiseAndBlamesKathleenWynne,National%20Observer,20180829.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0(August 29, 2018).<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Gravenhurst Banner article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muskokaregion.com\/news-story\/8878123-over-200-activists-protest-doug-ford-s-bala-hydro-plant-broken-promise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, local copy <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Over200ActivistsProtestDougFord'sBalaHydroPlantBrokenPromise,GravenhurstBanner,20180904.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> (September 4, 2018)<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Muskoka Today article <a href=\"https:\/\/muskokatoday.com\/2018\/08\/high-noon-challenge-saturday-between-bala-falls-opponents-mpp-norm-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, local copy <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/HighNoonChallengeSaturdayBetweenBalaFallsOpponents,MPPNormMiller,MuskokaToday,20180831.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> (August 31, 2018).<\/li>\n<li>Muskoka Today article <a href=\"https:\/\/muskokatoday.com\/2018\/08\/ford-breaks-promise-to-stop-bala-falls-hydro-project-due-to-legal-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, local copy <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FordBreaksPromiseToStopBalaFallsHydroProjectDueToLegalCosts,MuskokaToday,20180829.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> (August 29, 2018).<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Green Party of Ontario <a href=\"https:\/\/gpo.ca\/2018\/08\/29\/ford-made-campaign-promises-he-knew-he-couldnt-keep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, local copy <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FordMadeCampaignPromisesHeKnewHeCouldn\u2019tKeep,GreenPartyOfOntario,20180829.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0(August 29, 2018).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Until now, the PCs have been very proud to repeat <em>&#8220;Promise made, promise kept&#8221;<\/em> for each election promise on which they&#8217;re acting. The\u00a0media realizes that reneging would be a big deal, as <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/?p=8980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Ford so clearly stated stated his promise<\/a>. But the most remarkable and disappointing part of this is that <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/?p=8988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier Ford is wrong<\/a> about the reasons for believing he has to do this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was so surprising and disappointing when Premier Doug Ford stated at his August 29, 2018 press conference that he intended to break his election promise, that for the first time our issue received coverage by Toronto and national media: Globe and Mail article here, local copy here\u00a0(August 30, 2018). \u00a0 Toronto Star article here, <a href='https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/?p=9034' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-background","category-3-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9034"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9043,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9034\/revisions\/9043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}