Another day, another Doug Ford doozy

Awkward!

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It’s not every day the Premier walks into a high-stakes meeting already drenched in political kerosene — but here we are.

DOUG FORD is hosting a sit-down with dozens of Anishinabek Nation chiefs today at Queen’s Park, a meeting billed as part of ongoing conversations around Bill 5, his government’s hot-potato mining fast-track legislation.

But thanks to a headline-making detour in St. Catharines yesterday, the political temperature has spiked.

Going off-script about why First Nations should support the bill, Ford framed it as “an opportunity of a lifetime,” saying the province is offering $3 billion (“with a B”) to bring First Nations in as equity partners in resource projects.

Then came the kicker: “There’s going to be a point that you can’t just keep coming hat in hand all the time to the government. You’ve got to be able to take care of yourselves. And when you literally have gold mines, nickel mines, every type of critical mineral that the world wants, and you’re sayi…