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Canada and Bosnia finished with a draw in their Men\u2019s World Cup game at Toronto Fan Fest.<\/p>\n
Canada scored its first-ever goal in Men\u2019s World Cup history.<\/p>\n
The post-match atmosphere shifted when a message by Doug Ford appeared on the big screen.<\/p>\n
The crowd responded with loud boos, momentarily uniting fans from both sides.<\/p>\n
The Canada-Bosnia World Cup match ended in a draw, but one thing appeared to unite fans inside Toronto\u2019s FIFA Fan Fest: a chorus of boos when a Doug Ford ad appeared on the big screen.<\/p>\n
Moments after the Canada-Bosnia draw, boos erupted at Toronto Fan Fest as a Doug Ford message played on screen.<\/p>\n
On Friday at Toronto Fan Fest, Canada and Bosnia drew in their Men\u2019s World Cup game, making history with Canada\u2019s first-ever goal. The game ended in a draw, but the mood changed abruptly after the match when a message by the Ontario premier Doug Ford aired on the broadcast screen, prompting boos from the audience.<\/p>\n
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford has played a visible role in the province\u2019s World Cup preparations, including extending alcohol-serving hours to 4 a.m. during the tournament. What many FIFA Fan Fest attendees may not have anticipated, however, was seeing the premier appear on the big screen after the match.<\/p>\n
The moment also highlights the unique mix of politics and sport that often emerges during major events, with Toronto\u2019s FIFA Fan Fest drawing thousands of supporters from a wide range of cultural and political backgrounds.<\/p>\n
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Ford has faced criticism in recent months over issues including his government\u2019s purchase of a private jet and ongoing questions surrounding the Greenbelt controversy.<\/p>\n
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When his face appeared on the screen, attendees booed until the ad finished.<\/p>\n
For a brief moment after the final whistle, Canada and Bosnia supporters who had spent the afternoon on opposite sides appeared united by a different sentiment altogether.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to know Canada and Bosnia finished with a draw in their Men\u2019s World Cup game at Toronto…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,263935,13743,3274,44,3302],"class_list":["post-733838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-versus-bosnia","tag-doug-ford","tag-fifa","tag-news","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}