Ford says ‘enough is enough’ after Toronto Jewish school shooting
Doug Ford on Thursday accused people of bringing “problems from everywhere else in the world” to the province after a recent shooting at a Toronto Jewish girls school.Ford made those sharp comments alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a news conference in the city, days after students and staff at Rabbi Yaacov Vidal of the Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary School said they were shaken by what happened, but undeterred.Toronto police told Global News Thursday the investigation remains ongoing, and no arrests have been made.There is no indication from police at this time that any of the suspects involved were immigrants, as Ford appeared to suggest, adding: “Before you plan on moving to Canada — don’t come to Canada if you’re going to start terrorizing neighborhoods like this.”“We have zero tolerance for this anywhere in Ontario. It doesn’t matter what race, what religion you’re from, I’d be saying the exact same thing if it was another community as well, but enough is enough,” he said.“You’re bringing your problems from everywhere else in the world, you’re bringing it to Ontario and you’re going after other Canadians – as the prime minister said: unacceptable.”Police later told Global News it does not track and or disclose the immigration status of suspects or victims.
On Thursday afternoon, Ford said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he meant to stress “there is more that unites us than divides us.”“While there will always be room for disagreement, violent acts that target specific religions or ethnicities do not reflect who we are or the values that represent our province,” he said in part.Ontario is the greatest place in the world because of our diversity. It’s why so many people want to call our province home and
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