Doug Ford urges physical punishment after assault on cadets

CP24's widely watched clip shows the Ontario premier directing his response at parents of the young suspects.

Channel: CP24 Story of November 10, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 113,302 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (6,518).

‘Give your kids an ass whooping’ | Doug Ford reacts to cadet poppy assault

"Where are the parents, by the way?" Doug Ford asks from an outdoor press-conference podium, responding to an assault on young cadets selling poppies.

The Ontario premier condemns the attack, then turns to what he thinks should happen at home. "You should give your kids a little ass-whooping in the woodshed as far as I'm concerned," he says.

That call for physical punishment is the centerpiece of a CP24 Short that reached roughly 74,000 views in 11 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for Shorts. A separate CP24 clip of Ford's response also drew an unusually large audience.

Ford says he cannot comment fully because of the suspects' ages, but repeatedly describes the behavior as disgusting. He characterizes the cadets as young people trying to serve their country and says the parents should be ashamed.

Behind him, construction workers in hard hats stand beside a podium carrying a housing-affordability message. His remarks in this excerpt, however, remain focused on the assault and parental responsibility.

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The numbers

Both CP24 clips of Ford's response drew substantially more views than its usual Shorts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

6,518

this video

113,302

subscribers

383,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

435,911,334

views per day

275,942

typical day: 470,402

the video

views

73,848

comments

417

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

WCCO - CBS Minnesota

423,000

FOX 13 Seattle

404,000

WSB-TV

396,000

KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco

392,000

CP24

383,000

CBS Boston

377,000

As of November 10, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.