Doug Ford’s disastrous agenda can be derailed by a massive grassroots movement | Martin Lukacs

The right-wing triumph in Ontario shows the left needs a new populism - backed by street protest and a bold NDP

The guardians of respectable opinion forecast that Doug Ford would never become Ontario's Premier. Now that he has, they are suggesting his reign might be orderly and painless.

While agreeing with his basic agenda, the Globe & Mail is crossing its fingers that Ford "moves slowly on the public-service layoffs and program cuts"to avoid strikes and social discord."