Ontario Premier Doug Ford has spoken out against the exorbitantly high prices for third-party tickets to Blue Jays World Series games.

Speaking to reporters at Queen’s Park on Wednesday, Ford blasted these sellers for “gouging” fans. “I just don’t believe in one company controlling everything, and that’s what’s happening right now with Ticketmaster, in my opinion,” he said, adding that is now “considering legislation” against all of this.

Ford is referring to the fact that World Series tickets quickly sold out via Ticketmaster on Tuesday morning and have since been listed by resellers for as much as $16,000 . Clearly, then, it would be good for someone do something about this for Jays fans.

That said, it should be noted that Ford himself scrapped a law in 2019 that capped resale tickets

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