Doug Ford did some potentially useful things on Tuesday in Washington in his capacity as premier of Ontario. He spoke in the morning to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is nothing if not influential on Capitol Hill. It spent a whopping $76.3 million on lobbying last year, behind only the National Association of Realtors, according to the political-spending research group Open Secrets. (The National Rifle Association spent just over $2 million, to give you an idea of the scale.)