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Doug Ford came down the central staircase in the main foyer at Queen’s Park on Wednesday afternoon, a big smile across his face.

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The premier of Ontario took his place at the bottom of the stairs, and stood expectantly, facing east and looking down the long, green-carpeted hallway.

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Add some organ music and a boutonniere on his lapel, and he would have looked very much like a groom at a wedding.

Which, in a way, he was. Down the hallway came the other, er, groom, as Josh Shapiro, governor of Pennsylvania, strode purposefully down the carpet.

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