Ford slams heads of teachers' unions, says he will take advice from health experts over them

Ford slams heads of teachers' unions, says he will take advice from health experts over them

September 2, 2020 2:31 pm EST.

Doug Ford says he will take advice from health experts over the heads of teachers’ unions, slamming OSSTF President Harvey Bischof as “some guy with a degree in English literature who thinks he’s a doctor.”

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