Ontario Premier Doug Ford has endorsed Mark Saunders for the next mayor of Toronto.
Speaking to reporters on June 20, Ford confirmed his support of the former Toronto police chief when asked why he has the candidate’s sign on his front lawn in Etobicoke.
“I put Mark’s sign on my lawn, I’m proud to have his sign on the lawn,” the premier said.
News of Saunders’ sign spotted on Ford’s lawn was first reported by the Toronto Sun on June 19.
Ford maintains that he is “staying out of the race.”
“I have the right, like anyone else, to put a sign on my lawn,” he told reporters in rural Ottawa, adding that he will cast his ballot for Saunders in the city’s mayoral byelection on June 26….