Toronto, Canada – Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford took advantage of Black Friday sales online by enrolling in an online leadership class on Udemy.
The class, which costs him $13.99, originally costs $170, and is taught by a professor of entrepreneurship at Standford University.
“Ya know, I was sitting on my couch one night on my tablet, scrolling through the ‘free’ section of Kijiji while the Chief Medical Officer gave me an update on the phone about the COVID-19 situation in the province. I saw an ad for a cheap leadership class. I clicked on it and was blown away by the price. I thought, ‘hey, why the hell not,’ pulled out my government credit card and bought it.”
-Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford
Doug Ford has been criticized heavily for his lack of leadership he has displayed throughout the pandemic. Thousands of his citizens have died as a result of COVID with many being elderly people living in privatized, for profit, long term care facilities. The situation had gotten so bad that the Canadian Army had to come in and assist in dealing with the pandemic.
Doug Ford’s brother, Rob Ford, was the former mayor of Toronto and famous for smoking methamphetamine with fellow citizens in neighborhoods that have not yet been gentrified by his real estate developer friends.
Many have called for Ford to resign, from the leader of the opposition, to average citizens. One member of the medical community who wishes to speak anonymously for fear of retribution, has said that Ford isn’t qualified to run a garage sale let alone govern an entire province.
Ford acknowledged that there have been slight deficiencies in his leadership but attributed that to the fluid situation of the pandemic and his day drinking.
“I do think that by taking this class, I’ll learn a lot and things will start to get better. I just need a few weeks to get this course done and I’ll be good. You’ll see,” said Ford.
As of yet, nobody can confirm as to whether Ford has logged into his Udemy account and begun the course or not.
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