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Doug Ford on Hamilton steel plant CEO: 'I got a problem with that guy'
At an announcement in Hamilton on Wednesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford spoke against the CEO of the American company that owns Hamilton's Stelco operation over the company's support of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel.
