TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is looking at the issue of ticket sales, after Blue Jays fans complained of sky-high resale prices not long after World Series tickets went on sale.

Game 1 comes to Toronto on Friday and home game tickets quickly sold out Tuesday, with resale tickets being priced at many thousands of dollars.

Ford said he wants to review the issue.

"My personal opinion...they're gouging the people," he said Wednesday outside his office at the legislature. "When you have one player in the market that controls the tickets, that's not right for the people."

Ticketmaster did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

Ford's government in 2019 scrapped part of a law from the previous Liberal government that would have capped ticket resale prices at 50 per ce

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