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Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News Host, Focus Ontario President, Queen's Park Press Gallery [email protected]
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    Sep 17, 2023
    EXCLUSIVE: The Ford government has spent five years, and an untold amount in taxpayers dollars, fighting to keep their 2018 mandate letters a secret. Here - in full - are all 24 sets of directives, leaked to and verified by Global News. globalnews.ca/news/9942332/o… #onpoli
    In full: Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s 2018 mandate letters | Globalnews.ca
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    Oct 31, 2022
    BREAKING: CUPE says it’s 55,000 members will go on strike regardless of the government’s legislation in an open act of defiance. #onpoli #onted
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    Nov 4, 2022
    NEW: Unifor says it has donated $100,000 to CUPE for their strike support fund. Unifor tells CUPE workers at Queen’s Park “you will no bear these fines” #onpoli #onted
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    Mar 6, 2025
    NEW: The Ontario government is set to issue a ministerial directive to the IESO (the province's electricity system operator) to apply a 25% surcharge to power being exported to Minnesota, Michigan and New York. Ford says it will apply even if US tariffs are removed. #onpoli
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    Post claims that 25% surcharge will apply even if tariffs are removed. He clearly states that “until he (trump) drops tariffs completely” the surcharge will be in place and tariffs will continue. Full unedited video with all context youtu.be/27Nl3pJsqFE?si…
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    Jun 15, 2020
    Well, It happened. Was live on BNN, and my daughter rushed up to me and yelled "DADDY, I HAVE TO PEE." She disappeared to the bathroom, at which point I heard "DADDY, I POOED!!" Finished the hit, cleaned her up and then interviewed a politician. #ThisIsMyLifeNow
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    Apr 2, 2025
    NEW: While Ontario Premier Doug Ford might be staying out of the federal election, his Treasury Board President Caroline Mulroney isn't staying on the sidelines. Mulroney endorsed CPC Leader Pierre Poilievre as the next PM. #onpoli
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    Apr 23, 2024
    BTW: Sarah Jama is openly defying the keffiyeh ban in the Ontario legislature. #onpoli
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    Oct 25, 2025
    The @nytimes compares Ontario’s anti-tariff commercial with Ronald Reagan’s original 1987 radio address. The organic media coverage of this commercial far surpasses the potential reach of the $75 Million Ontario taxpayers were slated to spend. #onpoli
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    Jun 18, 2025
    Premier Doug Ford to First Nations: "There's going to a point where you can't just keep coming hat in hand all the time to the government. You gotta be able to take care of yourselves." Ford points to the gold mines and critical mines: "You're saying 'no, no, I don't want to
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    Oct 8, 2021
    Those in the restaurant industry are asking why 30,000 vaccinated people could sit side-by-side in the Rogers Centre for a Jays game -- unmasked and cheering -- while vaccinated people can't sit less than 6ft beside each other in a restaurant. #onpoli
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    Aug 9, 2023
    So to recap: The chief of staff, who received “packages” from developers and then sped up Greenbelt removals on their behalf — keeps his job. His boss, the Minister of housing — keeps his job. The Premier who approved the land swaps — keeps his job. #onpoli
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    Nov 6, 2022
    At the OLRB hearing: Board chair muses about sending the gov’t and CUPE back to bargaining. Gov’t lawyer: that would be uncharted waters for the board. Chair: “This whole bill is unchartered terrain, we have never had a bill like this in Canadian history” #onpoli #onted
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    Nov 7, 2022
    BREAKING: Ontario's labour movement - private and public - is planning to stage a province-wide political protest on Nov. 14 to put maximum pressure on Premier Doug Ford over Bill 28.
    Multiple unions planning mass Ontario-wide walkout to protest Ford government: sources | Globalne...
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    Nov 6, 2022
    NEW: Ontario voters seem to be pointing the finger at Premier Doug Ford, according to a new poll, blaming the Progressive Conservative government for the closure of classrooms in the fight with thousands of education-support workers. globalnews.ca/news/9256193/m… #onpoli #onted
    Most Ontarians blame Ford government for school closures amid ongoing CUPE fight: poll | Globalne...
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