BRAMPTON, Ont. – Toronto’s plain-talking, right-wing mayor joined Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday at his campaign’s biggest rally to date, kicking off a final weekend aimed at edging out the Liberals in a number of close races.
Rob Ford delivered a rambling speech to a high-decibel crowd of about 1,200, telling them why he had decided to abandon his neutrality and back the Conservatives publicly.
Ford took over Toronto City Hall last October with a simple message of ending the "gravy train" of perks for municipal politicians.
"There’s only one leader, one party, that’s going to benefit the hard-working taxpayers of Toronto in the Greater Toronto area and that’s Stephen Harper and the Conservative party," Ford said to furious applause.
Harper has been sharpening his message about Jack Layton’s surging NDP over the past week, warning Ontario voters that they could end up with a government akin to that of former premier Bob Rae in the 1980s.
"I know I’m taking some liberties, but I know what you’re doing there at city hall, is you’re cleaning up the mess left by Jack Layton and the NDPers," Harper said. Layton was once a Toronto city councillor.
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