Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Canadians should give Wayne Gretzky a break.
The hockey legend has come under fire for supporting U.S. President Donald Trump by attending his inauguration in January and visiting him several times in recent months at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
Gretzky also attended an election victory party for Trump last November and was seen sporting a Make America Great Again hat.
While outlining Ontario’s response to Trump’s hefty tariffs on Canadian goods, Ford took a moment to defend Gretzky as a patriot who loves his homeland.
Ford says he recently spoke to Gretzky, who was “all choked up.”…