Ford can't stop, Schreiner won't start

Trustees in trouble

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If you thought DOUG FORD’s Hamilton presser was chaotic — bouncing from MZOs to mega-projects to musings on DONALD TRUMP — just wait until you hear what’s happening (or not) in Green-land.

With ELIZABETH MAY bowing out of another run as federal leader, I asked MIKE SCHREINER if he’d consider taking his talents national. The short answer? Hard pass. Here’s what his office told me:

“He has no plans to run nationally and is very happy to be focused on the Ontario Greens.”

Fair enough — but here’s the thing: if the federal Greens want to stay (or maybe become?) relevant, they might take a page from their Ontario cousins. Schreiner consistently punches above his weight at Queen’s Park: he’s usually the first Oppo leader out of the gate with sharp statements on whatever the Premier is up to — a trait the Press Gallery eats up. He’s doubled his caucus at Queen’s Park (two seats vs. the feds’ one) and nearly snagged a third in Parry Sound–Muskoka. And his policy proposals are re…