Ontario opposition leaders call on Premier Doug Ford to apologize for remark about immigrants

TECUMSEH, Ont. — Ontario’s opposition leaders are criticizing Premier Doug Ford for a remark he made about immigrants.

Ford was in Tecumseh, close to Windsor, on Monday to announce funding for the planning of a brand new hospital within the area.

After the announcement, Ford launched into a well-known line about Ontario’s greatest downside being a scarcity of employees, notably within the trades and development.

He stated individuals who need to come and work their “tail off” like each different new Canadian has completed ought to come to Ontario, however individuals who need to “acquire the dole and sit round” ought to go someplace else.

NDP Chief Andrea Horwath says in a tweet that Ford ought to apologize and says his feedback “visitors in demeaning stereotypes.”

Liberal Chief Steven Del Duca additionally known as on the premier to apologize, saying the feedback have been divisive and disappointing.