ABOVE THE FOLD
DOUG FORD rolled into Hamilton yesterday flanked by his former NDP nemesis turned partner-in-transit ANDREA HORWATH, now mayor of Steel City. The presser was all about ribbon-cutting the new Confederation GO station, but the real drama was in the Q&A with reporters — classic Ford Nation fare. Highlights:
On the Premier’s anti-speed camera crusade: Ford quipped that his relationship with Horwath is “a thousand times better” now than when she was heckling him from the Opposition benches — but, he’s still not backing down on scrapping speed cameras, something Hamilton had been plowing ahead on. Ford took a hard pass on giving the city a carve-out, then pivoted to his next municipal obsession: crime cameras.
“I was asking the mayor about crime as well, because I want to start introducing cameras on crime, if approved by residents,” Ford said, with an eye to tackling the recent spike in home invasions.
Could it be another new deal? When it comes to Horwath’s ask to upload lo…