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'I'm in touch with the people' Doug Ford says he hasn’t lost his way despite recent backlash

On Thursday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told CTV News Toronto in an exclusive interview that he remains connected to voters, dismissing backlash over a cancelled $28.9 million private jet purchase.
Polling numbers released this week show Ford's approval rating at just 27 per cent, with his PC party trailing the Ontario Liberals despite the opposition currently lacking a permanent leader.
Emphasizing his accessibility, Ford claimed he is behind 9,323 messages and that no other politician "in the entire world" gives out his phone number as readily as he does.
Amid economic uncertainty created by Donald Trump, Ford is pursuing trade missions with 16 countries, stating the province's economy remains his "number one" priority.
Ford is planning a "full court press" to persuade Prime Minister Mark Carney to locate a new defence bank in Toronto, which hosts 700 defence companies, while dismissing the Greenbelt scandal as "quite a long time ago.

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EXCLUSIVE: Doug Ford says he hasn’t lost his way, despite recent backlash

Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he does not feel he’s lost touch with the average person, despite a backlash over a scrapped plan to buy a jet and new polling numbers showing his popularity declining.

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