CBC, the Star, Globe and Mail, etc . . .  June 10   
      
      
   ‘You, sir, are no Tommy Douglas,’ Kiefer Sutherland tells Doug Ford   
      
   Stop using my grandpa's name, actor Kiefer Sutherland tells Doug Ford   
      
      
   Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland, the grandson of renowned former Saskatchewan   
   premier Tommy Douglas, is asking Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Ottawa MPP Lisa   
   MacLeod to stop using his grandfather's name for their own political ends.   
      
   MacLeod invoked the premier's memory in a May 31 Financial Post editorial,   
   arguing that Douglas would have approved of Ontario Progressive Conservatives'   
   moves toward fiscal discipline.   
      
   Ford quoted from the editorial in a post on Twitter on June 2, and Sutherland   
   responded to both Ford and MacLeod on Monday.   
      
   Sutherland's tweet reads:   
      
   Mr Ford,   
      
   Your tweet has recently come to my attention and I can only tell you that you   
   are correct, my grandfather Tommy Douglas was fiscally responsible.  In   
   addition to balancing the budget of Saskatchewan, he also provided the   
   province with paved roads,    
   healthcare and electricity. He did it all within four years.  Contrary to your   
   argument, it was never at the expense of social and human services to those in   
   need.  I personally find your comparison of your policies to his offensive.    
   So I can only ask,    
   as the grandson of this man, for you to stop posting his picture and using his   
   name as part of your political agenda.  After all, I knew Tommy Douglas and   
   you Sir, are no Tommy Douglas.   
      
   P.S. You're lucky my mum's not active on Twitter.   
      
   Sincerely, Kiefer Sutherland.   
      
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