Ford issues statement amidst backlash from opposition: 'Stop politicizing the vaccine rollout' by Lucas Casaletto Last Updated Apr 15, 2021 at 6:24 pm EDT With COVID-19 cases at a record high and questions persisting over the province’s vaccine rollout, it was an all-out battle between Ontario Premier Doug Ford and opposition NDP leader Andrea Horwath. “The warnings came from the experts back in February that we were going to end up exactly where we are now,” said Horwath at Queen’s Park on Thursday. Ford fired back, calling Horwath’s comments ironic. “The negative talk that comes out of the leader of the opposition again, and it’s ironic, it’s coming from a person that has done diddly squat. Nothing. Zero, sat in her seat and sits there and criticizes.”