The Canadian actor tweeted his distaste with Ontario’s Premier after Sutherland’s grandfather, former Saskatchewan NDP Premiere Tommy Douglas, was referenced by Doug Ford in a tweet last week.
The prominent actor, who played Jack Bauer on the hit TV show “24”, tweeted a lengthy note that asked the Premier to “stop posting [Douglas'] picture and using his name as part of your politcal agenda”.
On May 31st, Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod wrote an opinion piece for the Financial Post that mentioned “Tommy Douglas knew runaway debt was immoral. Conservatives couldn’t agree more”.
Doug Ford then quoted MacLeod's tweet, which caught the attention of Sutherland.