So you’re thinking of voting for FORD…
consider his sins, scandals, and slip ups in just the last 3 years:
2023 – Tabled a law cancelling their controversial municipal boundary changes amid the RCMP investigation
2023 – Revealed through internal documents that the Ford government might use the new Canadian Disability Benefit to “mitigate costs” by clawing back ODSP payments
2023 – Revealed that the premier and cabinet ministers conduct official business using burner phones
2023 – Revealed that drivers will pay more to use a stretch of the privatized Highway 407 in 2024
2023 – Revealed that 30 per cent of principals say they use “unqualified adults” to tackle staff shortages in schools
2023 – Revealed Ontario ombudsman to investigate education payments to parents due to a lack of fairness and transparency
2023 – Reported that Metrolinx wants inspectors to fine 6,000 train riders a month for fare evasion
2023 – Publicized that 203 emergency department closures during 2022-23 largely driven by the province’s inability to properly staff hospitals
2023 – Found that nursing staffing agencies charge hospitals as much as $160/hour for a registered nurse as hospitals across the province doubled their use of nursing staffing agencies in just one year
2023 – Forcing the Greater Essex County District School Board, which says it has a $9 million deficit, to save money on the backs of students with special needs
2023 – Forcing pharmacies across the province to no longer provide publicly funded vaccines because the government made Shoppers Drug Mart the sole distributor of these vaccines
2023 – Forced to scale back a Minister’s Zoning Order after a developer was given permission to build a skyscraper in the middle of the flight path of Pearson International Airport
2023 – Facing the prospect of having to pay to run two separate light rail lines in Toronto unless new funding for the struggling municipality is provided
2023 – Expanding where alcohol can be sold, which has been shown to increase negative health outcomes
2023 – Disclosed that they failed to take account of all costs in their claim that moving the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place would save taxpayer money
2023 – Disclosed that 1 in 10 Torontonians now rely on a food bank
2023 – Boosting ECE pay to a meagre $23.86 an hour starting Jan 2024 – despite deserving more than $30 an hour
2023 – Allocating $3 billion toward creating a new Ontario Infrastructure Bank – despite a significant number of unknowns
2023 – Reported that Ontario is dead last in program spending — again, where every dollar per person spent on programs in other provinces, Ontario spent 75 cents
2024 – Underfunded Ontario universities, in serious financial trouble
2024 – Will fail to meet PC’s own housing targets (1.5 million homes goal) in the next 3 years
2024 – Wasted $4.3M of taxpayer money to settle legal costs in Bill 124 – Bill limiting pay increases to broader public sector workers.
2024 – Warning workers not to speak to the media or in public about the government decision to close the ServiceOntario site
2024 – Voted against recognizing Wildland Firefighters for the purposes of the Workplace Safety Insurance Act and other Acts in Bill 149, thereby denying them the rights to presumptive coverage for occupational illnesses
2024 – Using taxpayer dollars to retrofit two Walmart stores that also host ServiceOntario outlets
2024 – Using taxpayer dollars to retrofit the Staples stores getting ServiceOntario outlets
2024 – The Ford government now boasts the most expensive: – Premier’s Office – Cabinet – Budget – Debt in Ontario history.
2024 – Suspended police officers cost Ontario taxpayers $134M over past decade, paid to stay home
2024 – Suggested that while the courts are free of political influence, the appointment process has a different standard
2024 – Spent $310,000 of taxpayer money on a new press conference room, when there is already a news conference room at Queen’s Park – to limit reporters’ questions
2024 – limits media to maximum of 6 questions at press conferences
2024 – Spending $225M to speed up the implementation of beer and wine in corner stores, undermining the $2.5B in revenue the LCBO provides
2024 – Shutting down the wastewater surveillance program that has provided early warning for incoming waves of COVID-19 and a growing list of other infectious diseases
2024 – Seen a dramatic increase in the number of police officers appointed as justices of the peace since Attorney General Downey tightened his control on the appointment process
2024 – Schools with roof panels that shut Ontario Science Centre have no budget to replace them
2024 – School funding for much needed public school repairs falls short by $12.7 Billion letting schools fall further into disrepair.
2024 – Ruled out a housing taskforce recommendation to build fourplexes across the province
2024 – Ruled in a 2-1 decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal upholds the lower court, stating that Bill 124 – violates the Constitution
2024 – Revealed through internal documents a second phase of redeveloping Ontario Place, including filling in parts of Lake Ontario
2024 – Revealed that their plan to get the 124,000 barely-visible-at-night redesigned blue license plates off the road is to sit back and wait
2024 – Revealed that the waitlist for autism assessments at provincially funded diagnostic hubs up by nearly 3,000 kids
2024 – Revealed that the PC Party paid $600K to law firms that represented key players in the Greenbelt probe
2024 – Revealed that the Municipality of West Grey declared a state of emergency because in-patient beds are being moved out of the Durham hospital
2024 – Revealed that the Ministry of Health has no concern about a ‘diminished supply’ of doctors in Ontario
2024 – Revealed that the Get It Done Act will rezone land requested by PC donors
2024 – Revealed that the Ford government will start counting student housing towards its home building targets
2024 – Revealed that the cost of the gas tax cut will grow to $3.2B, but will only translate into households saving less than $400 over three years
2024 – Revealed that the cost and size of the premier’s office in Ontario has ballooned under Ford – despite unlawfully limiting public service workers’ salaries under Bill 124
2024 – Revealed that the contingency fund has grown to $5.1B, up from $4B at the start of the fiscal year – despite underfunding public services
2024 – Revealed that ten per cent of patients admitted to a hospital from an emergency department waits at least two days for a bed
2024 – Revealed that Staples is hiring a regional service manager to “monetize its ServiceOntario traffic” and “drive sales & profit results related to Service Ontario traffic”
2024 – Revealed that some Ontario nurses are no longer getting paid during self-isolation if they test negative after COVID-19 exposure
2024 – Revealed that Shoppers Drug Mart pressuring pharmacies to hit MedsCheck quotas
2024 – Revealed that PwC – an accounting firm with little history of software development –was given a sole-sourced contract to create a digital tribunal system, costing more than $26 million
2024 – Revealed that punishments for wrongly evicting tenants routinely fall short of landlord profits
2024 – Revealed that other big retail stores considered to host ServiceOntario locations as well as Staples
2024 – Revealed that Ontario’s jails are overcapacity, with an overwhelming number of inmates awaiting trial
2024 – Revealed that Ontario’s Core Education Funding has dropped by $1,500 per student since 2018
2024 – Revealed that one-third of Ontario universities are currently in deficit, and as many as half will struggle to balance their books next year
2024 – Revealed that of the six long term care operators that have been sued for gross negligence, five are receiving new provincial funding to expand
2024 – Revealed that nearly half of Ontario’s publicly funded universities are posting deficits, putting student services at risk
2024 – Revealed that nearly half of Ontario health care workers say they “dread going into work”
2024 – Revealed that most Ontario hospitals are facing deficits, and some have reached their financial limit
2024 – Revealed that more than half of 140 hospitals across the province posted a deficit in their 2023 -fiscal year
2024 – Revealed that more than an $650M in taxpayer money is going toward the Ontario Place Revitalization spa alone, with only 30 per cent coming
2025 – total cost of $1.4 Billion spent to speed up Ontario’s alcohol market expansion
2025 – tax payers foot the extra expense of $612 million to expand booze sales prior to early election call for Feb. 27
2025 – since 2018 Ontario schools have lost $1500 per student
2025 – number of homeless grew by 25% over the last 2 years because of inaction
2025 – a food insecurity announced by Toronto, Mississauga and Kingston
2025 – 2.5 million Ontarians without a family doctor; expected to grow to 4.4 million by 2026
