if you want to send people, you need to send personalities, not politicians. to donald trump, people like smith and ford are just another ron desantis or chris christie. that's exactly the wrong tactic.
you need to send a tv star or a musician or a sports hero. i've floated don cherry. he likes wayne gretzky. i don't want to float names, but you get the point.
bob rae would be a better choice than doug ford.