Premier Doug Ford said he personally stopped a shoplifter at a Home Depot in July and warned him he would “kick your ass all over the parking lot” if he tried to flee.
Speaking to more than 1,000 people at an Empire Club of Canada luncheon Tuesday, Ford startled his audience by recounting the incident when he went to buy plants to prepare his Muskoka cottage for a visit from Prime Minister Mark Carney.
“I escape from my (OPP security) detail at 8 a.m. … before they come — it ticks them off. I hop in my pickup and I want to go to Home Depot, it was on a Saturday and I wanted to get some plants … it was the weekend before the prime minister came,” the premier told broadcaster Ben Mulroney.
