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We’re barely into week two of the fall sitting, and the ride’s already getting wilder. DOUG FORD is rewriting (torching?) the rulebook with a sweeping overhaul of Ontario’s election laws, all while defending those taxpayer-funded U.S. ads that triggered DONALD TRUMP. And over in Liberal land, BONNIE CROMBIE isn’t ruling out a political homecoming in Mississauga.
DEMOCRATIC DOOZY — Months after scoring their third majority mandate, the Ford government is revamping election laws, big time. That includes scrapping fixed election dates, hiking donation limits, and locking in public subsidies for political parties — all under the banner of modernization, says Attorney General DOUG DOWNEY.
Timing is everything: The legislation, which a little birdie tells me could be wrapped into the Fall Economic Statement next week, would ditch the DALTON McGUINTY-era fixed election date law, which forced governments to go to the polls every four years — a move meant t…