Another day, another legal challenge

And thoughts and prayers

ABOVE THE FOLD

Health Minister SYLVIA JONES is taking a wait-and-see approach to national pharmacare and the Ford government is staring down a potential legal challenge on its hot-potato judicial appointments committee — but first: love him or hate him — and there are plenty who do both — Canada has lost a political giant in BRIAN MULRONEY.

IN MEMORIAM — Speaking at the Toronto Region Board of Trade last night, Premier DOUG FORD offered his condolences, saying he just got off the phone with the former Prime Minister’s daughter, Treasury Board President CAROLINE MULRONEY.

“You want to talk about leadership, you want to talk about trailblazers, visionaries — that was Brian Mulroney,” Ford told the crowd. “You think of the fair trade deal that he put together. You think about him helping end apartheid. And the list goes on and on and on. But he became a mentor to me. He became an advisor to me, anytime I had a tough decision. When you talked to Brian, I’m sure many of you in this room hav…