Barring a miracle in the final week of the Ontario provincial election campaign, Prince George residents will learn Thursday night that Rob Ford's brother is now the premier of Ontario.
Some may think it's unfair to compare Doug Ford to his deceased, crack-smoking younger brother Rob, who made headlines around the world during his tumultuous tenure as the mayor of Toronto, but Ford was his brother's fiercest defender and political operative.
The brothers Ford are cut from the same political cloth - bombastic, right-of-centre populists who play fast and loose with the truth, make up stuff on the fly and incite anger against the elites and those "others" who do nothing but live off the government dime.
Donald Trump comparisons aside, Ford narrowly won the Ontario Conservative leadership race earlier this year to replace Patrick Brown, who was forced to resign in disgrace in January after sexual abuse allegations surfaced.
According to CBC's online poll tracker, all of the publicly available polling data shows an 83 per cent chance Ford will win a majority government Thursday night.
Although Andrea Horwath's NDP actually enjoyed more support in the polls, that support is concentrated in specific areas while backing for the Ford Conservatives is spread across Ontario.
There is a narrow path for victory to Horwath but it would require a huge block of Ontario Liberals to hold their nose and vote NDP out of fear of the Ford-pocalypse.
Only one thing is certain: Premier Kathleen Wynne's Liberals are doomed and they will certainly finish third.
With every seat they currently have at risk, there is the possibility they will be completely routed out of the Ontario legislature.
Here's how finished Wynne is: she had the quote of the night in last Sunday's party leaders debate, but for all the wrong reasons.
"Here's what I want to say about the last five years: sorry not sorry," she arrogantly declared in her opening statement.
"I'm really, genuinely sorry that more people don't like me. But I am not sorry about all of the things that we're doing in Ontario to make life better."
So much for political humility and serving all constituents, not just the ones who voted for you.
There's a politician who needs a permanent holiday from public service, regardless of what she may have accomplished during her time in office.
Meanwhile, Ford's promising the world with no details. He's offering everything under the sun, including beers for a buck, but refuses to explain how he's going to pay for it all.
It's his effusive energy and his refusal to bend a knee to so-called brighter minds and pretentious political tradition that attracts support but there's no need to compare Ford to Trump when there is a Canadian comparison available.
Albertans have already had a premier much like Ford and many of them fondly look back to Ralph Klein to this day.
Before anybody heard of the crazy things a Ford or a Trump might do while in political office, Klein once showed up drunk at a homeless shelter and told the occupants to get a job.
While mayor of Calgary, he told "bums and creeps" who came to Alberta looking to freeload to "get the hell out of town" and he implored the city police to "kick ass" if these people turned to crime instead of hitting the road.
King Ralph was a proven winner among voters at election time, as a straight-talking common man who would not hesitate to raise a middle finger to Ottawa or anyone else who wasn't on the Alberta First bandwagon.
This is who Ford is really channeling in what increasingly looks like a successful bid to become Ontario premier. If Justin Trudeau thought John Horgan gave him headaches, Ford will bring blinding migraines.
Strange days, headscratching quotes and never-a-dull-moment politics await if Ontario puts Ford in the premier's office.
-- Editor-in-chief Neil Godbout
