Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he personally intervened to stop a shoplifter at a Home Depot this summer and threatened to beat him if he didn’t hand over the stolen goods.
Ford relayed the incident to an audience of more than 1,000 people at an Oct. 14 Empire Club of Canada luncheon at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
The premier said he ditched his police detail to make an early morning trip to Home Depot to purchase plants in preparation for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s July 21 visit at Ford’s Muskoka cottage, ahead of the 2025 first ministers meeting in Huntsville from July 21 to 23….