Ford mum on meeting with far-right president

At the same time as popular opposition to his attempts to wreck public education is growing, Doug Ford and his cabinet played host to a visiting head of state.

Normally such an occasion would be widespread in the news and on social media, but this time DoFo&CO kept it under their hat. Maybe that’s because the visitor is Katalan Novak, president of Hungary, close ally of neo-fascist leader Viktor Orban. 

To be fair, Orban’s western apologists, including many in Canada’s conservative movement, insist he is not a fascist; he’s just a far-right populist. Duly noted.

Maybe now, when they are busy trampling on the Charter Rights of Ontario workers, isn’t the ideal moment to be seen arm-in-arm with the leader of an openly racist, anti-immigrant, homophobic government. Too bad, because they have so much in common.

If you’re wondering what they had to talk about, maybe this came up: Hungary’s government is facing a campaign of civil disobedience from education workers determined to stop Orban’s attempts to destroy public education. 

Solidarity with education workers everywhere.