There isn't anything controversial about his opinion. I know many people that feel the same way about Ford.
As for timing of comments; Just because he is dead, negative feelings against him don't change. He was invisible during his illness, and in another few weeks, he will be invisible and forgotten once again. Saint Robbie this week, a dead pile the next. The people of this world (Canada/Toronto) and the media are very fickle in this day and age. On to the next story ...
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