Doug Ford took his tough-on-crime talk to new heights in a campaign speech where he pushed for a return to capital punishment, the Star has learned. Musing about stiffer penalties for home invaders who kill victims, the Progressive Conservative leader called for changes in the federal Criminal Code that would empower judges to “send ‘em right to sparky.” The colloquial reference to the electric chair came two weeks ago on the first day of Ford’s snap Feb. 27 Ontario election campaign, now at its midway point. Canada abolished capital punishment in 1976, replacing it with mandatory life sentences with no parole for at least 25 years in cases of first-degree murder. https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/recording-reveals-doug-ford-calling-for-return-of-death-penalty-in-campaign-speech-send-em/article_1ecf4d96-e95d-11ef-9fb9-dfd7bb147253.html