Krista Ford Haynes (née Ford; born September 13, 1991) is a former Canadian professional women's American football player and conspiracy theorist.[1][2] She is a daughter of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and niece of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. She was the captain of the Toronto Triumph, a team in the Legends Football League.[3]
Krista Ford Haynes | |
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 Haynes in 2018 | |
| Born | Krista Ford September 13, 1991 |
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David Haynes (m. 2015) |
| Father | Doug Ford |
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Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Haynes has shared COVID-19 misinformation[4] and anti-vaccine and anti-mask sentiment,[5][6][7] and has been critical of COVID-19 vaccine passports.[8][9][10]
Lingerie Football League
editHaynes, who was a student at Humber College, was one of more than 100 women who tried out for the first team when the league's Toronto franchise first opened for business in 2011.
Press coverage of Haynes' tryout routinely mentioned that she was the niece of then Toronto mayor Rob Ford and the daughter of then city councillor Doug Ford.[11]
According to technology journalist Patrick Seitz, the league had lacked stars in its early seasons, so the limited press coverage the league received treated it solely as a "peep show". He asserted that Haynes and Angela Rypien, the daughter of former Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien, were two potential stars the league could offer in its 2011 season.
Team management chose Haynes as the team's first captain.[12] She also served as the team's marketing manager, responsible for seeking sponsorships. The team did not perform well when it started to compete with more experienced teams in the league. Players voiced concern that they had been issued unsafe equipment, and that the most senior members of the team's coaching staff lacked the experience to train them to compete safely. Following its loss in its first non-exhibition game the team's management fired the one member of the coaching staff who was experienced, who team members felt had the experience to serve as head coach, and four of her fellow team members. In response Haynes and 15 remaining team members resigned.[13]
The Torontoist quoted Haynes' announcement of her resignation from her Facebook page, where she quoted Malcolm X, "A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything" to explain her stand on principle.[14]
The Toronto Star interviewed the founder of the Lingerie Football League about Haynes' resignation, who claimed he had spoken with her uncle Rob Ford, who agreed with him that his niece's resignation was a mistake. Although seasons tickets had already gone on sale in March 2012 the league cancelled the 2012 season in April 2012.[15] CTV News cited Haynes resignation as a factor when explaining the cancellation of the season; however, the Triumph were not included in the cancellation, which included only the U.S.-based teams.
Comments on sexual assault
editOn August 29, 2012, Haynes stirred controversy through a tweet she sent, an hour after Toronto Police had advised women of a recent outbreak of sexual assaults.[16] Haynes' tweet said: "Stay alert, walk tall, carry mace, take self-defence classes & don't dress like a whore." Toronto Police consider mace a "prohibited and restricted weapon".[17][18] Haynes' comment was compared to those of Michael Sanguinetti, a Toronto area police officer whose widely criticized safety suggestion to college students that "women should avoid dressing like sluts not to be victimized" triggered the worldwide SlutWalk phenomenon.[17]
Views on COVID-19
editHaynes has been critical of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine passports and has expressed anti-mask sentiments.[9] She has also expressed disdain for vaccine mandates.[19] Her husband was placed on unpaid leave by the Toronto Police Service due to his lack of vaccination.[20][21] She has compared public health protocols and vaccine mandates to the holocaust and the civil rights movement.[2]
In a series of posts on Instagram, Haynes has made unsubstantiated criticisms of the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and their effectiveness,[22] including the benefits of vaccine boosters, in which she claimed that "every booster you take is going to weaken your natural immunity."[9] She has also expressed the incorrect belief that vaccination causes viral shedding and encouraged her Instagram followers to "rise up" and continue "holding the line for medical freedom". On and around Remembrance Day, Haynes suggested that people should wear remembrance poppies instead of masks in Canada, saying that "If you're headed into a store today and you find it more important to put on a mask than a poppy, rethink your priorities because there have been men and women who have fought bravely and died for our freedoms that we seem to be just handing over today, so please think about that." She later suggested that the Canadian government should have sent every Canadian household a Bible instead of information cards on COVID-19 vaccines.[9]
Haynes believes the Canadian government is conspiring to remove freedoms from citizens while lying to the public about potential vaccine side effects.[7] Haynes added that vaccine information could be disseminated to the Chinese governments and the FBI.[9] She has also shared information against childhood vaccination.[9]
Haynes campaigns against the COVID-19 lockdowns and shares anti-vaccine content on social media.[23][24] Robyn Urback, writing in The Globe and Mail, has criticized the mainstream media for under reporting her campaign, in the context of Haynes' father being the Premier of Ontario. In January 2022, Haynes attended a rally welcoming trucks in Freedom Convoy 2022, making their way through the Greater Toronto Area.[25] She was seen carrying a flag that said "Fuck Trudeau".[26]
By December 2021, NOW Toronto[2] and The Globe and Mail[27] had published articles covering her position. By 15 February 2022, the Premier backed down,[19][28][29] and by 1 March the province dismantled Kieran Moore's vaccine policies.[29]
Personal life
editFord is married to David Haynes, a former Toronto Police Service officer and bodybuilder.[20] In November 2021, he was dismissed from the service for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
On February 15, 2022, Haynes' father Doug Ford acknowledged "family rifts" relating to COVID-19 during a public press conference.[19][28][29] The province dismantled Kieran Moore's vaccine policies by 1 March.[29]
In December 2022, Haynes was conspicuously missing from the family photograph used by Doug Ford on the family Christmas card.[30]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "MANDEL: The highs and many lows of another pandemic year". torontosun.
- ^ a b c DiMatteo, Enzo (December 21, 2021). "Why we need to talk about Doug Ford's daughter's anti-vaccine views". Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
- ^ "Mayor's niece makes first cut in Lingerie Football League". Toronto Star. April 30, 2011.
- ^ Média, Bell. "Ontario Premier's daughter uses social media to spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation". www.iheartradio.ca.
- ^ Devlin, Megan (September 22, 2021). "Premier Doug Ford's daughter posts another anti-vax rant on Instagram". Daily Hive. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ Slobodian, Linda (September 26, 2021). "Slobodian: Doug Ford's daughter could teach her father a thing or two about freedom". Western Standard Online. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ a b Demarco, Zoe (October 28, 2021). "Doug Ford's daughter tells followers to "rise up" in anti-vaxx message". Daily Hive. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ Levitt, Levitt Sheikh-Howard (November 30, 2021). "First Reading: Pandemic border closures suddenly aren't racist anymore". Lexology. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Doug Ford's daughter shares anti-vax message on social media | News". dailyhive.com.
- ^ "Doug Ford's Daughter Shares Her Anti-Vax Belief on Social Media". www.zoomerradio.ca.
- ^ Seitz, Patrick (July 30, 2011). "Tech-media-tainment: Lingerie Football League needs stars".
- ^ "Krista Ford named to captain Toronto's Lingerie Football League team | Toronto &". Archived from the original on September 16, 2014.
- ^ "Krista Ford quits lingerie football". Toronto Star. October 19, 2011.
- ^ "Duly Quoted: Krista Ford". Torontoist. October 20, 2011.
- ^ "Lingerie Football League cancels season". Montreal. April 13, 2012.
- ^ "CityNews". toronto.citynews.ca. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ a b Dunn, Katherine (August 29, 2012). "Krista Ford's advice after sex assaults news conference: 'Don't dress like a whore'". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Krista Ford apologizes after 'dress like a whore' tweet". CBC News. August 31, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Doug Ford acknowledges division in his family over COVID-19 rules". CBC News. February 15, 2022.
- ^ a b "Ford's Daughter Says Her Cop Husband Is Being Put On 'Unpaid Leave' For Being Unvaccinated". Narcity. November 24, 2021.
- ^ "Krista Haynes' husband facing "indefinite unpaid leave" by Toronto Police over vaccine status | News". dailyhive.com.
- ^ Média, Bell. "Controversial message from Doug Ford's daughter about vaccines". www.iheartradio.ca.
- ^ "Doug Ford's daughter tells people not to snitch on big illegal Christmas parties". www.blogto.com. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
- ^ "Krista Ford's Hubby Says Toronto Police Revoked His Badge As Part Of The 'Unpaid Leave'". Narcity. December 24, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ^ "Ford's daughter, Krista Haynes, attended the "Freedom Convoy" | News". dailyhive.com.
- ^ "Convoy originating from Mississauga will slow Saturday traffic, Peel Police warn | inSauga". insauga | Local Online News. February 5, 2022.
- ^ Urback, Robyn (December 8, 2021). "The anti-vaccine rants from Doug Ford's daughter are now a matter of public interest". The Globe and Mail Inc.
- ^ a b "FAMILY RIFTS: Ford says own daughter supports Freedom Convoy". torontosun.
- ^ a b c d "'We are done with it:' Doug Ford says Ontario is moving on from COVID-19". CTVNews Toronto. February 15, 2022.
- ^ "Krista Ford Haynes not on premier's Christmas card". Edmonton. December 14, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
