The Ford government has announced it will be reviewing Crown agencies like Metrolinx to look for savings. A similar audit of child welfare is more than a year overdue, while a value for money study of development charges was quietly scrapped #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1201020...

Ford government to review Metrolinx, LCBO and other agencies amid hotel expenses scandal | Globalnews.ca

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy said the government would kick off a review of eight agencies, including Metrolinx, the LCBO and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.

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NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called three byelections for Sept. 3, 2026. They are for two ridings where PC MPPs stepped down to retire and one where NDP MPP stood aside to run federally for the Liberals: 🟧 Scarborough Southwest 🟦York—Simcoe 🟦 Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

Unsurprisingly, the Mississauga mayoral race already looks like it's going to be very, very spicy. #Onpoli

NEW: Just days after the Ford government tabled the budget, including a populist measure to cap the prices of resale tickets, the premier received a home visit from one of Canada’s most powerful CEOs to discuss the law and its potential impact. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1200144...

Ford received home visit from Rogers CEO to talk about ticket legislation | Globalnews.ca

Just days after the Ford government put forward measures to cap the prices of resold tickets, the premier received a personal visit from Rogers Communications CEO Tony Staffieri.

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The Ford government is escalating its infrastructure fight with Ottawa, threatening to rescind support for a federal high-speed rail line after the Carney government said it would block the expansion of Toronto’s island airport. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1200172...

Ford escalates fight over Toronto Island airport, threatens support for rail project | Globalnews.ca

The Ford government is threatening to rescind support for a high-speed rail line after the Carney government said it would block the expansion of the Toronto island airport.

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Mississauga, Ont., city council voted to approve a one-year moratorium on artificial intelligence data centres Wednesday. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1200006...

Two years after the province announced the Ontario Science Centre’s closure, two city councillors say they want the province should hand over the keys to the city so local community groups can put it to use. #ToPoli #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1199751...

Toronto motion requests province hand over former Ontario Science Centre - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

With community needs and buildings remaining empty, Toronto councillors are hoping the province will hand the keys over to the former Ontario Science Centre.

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To add to yesterday's Fan Fest sales story: The city (which had refused to volunteer sales data until our story) says final sales for Fan Fest were about 44 per cent. Looking like a 70/30 and 60/40 revenue split with the vendor, so big revenue questions #ToPoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...

Toronto’s pricey World Cup Fan Festival tickets proved a hard sell. Here’s how many were bought

The city said its sale rate of 44 per cent for VIP tickets to the World Cup watch party generated $5 million, but it’s not clear how much the cash strapped municipality will get to keep.

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NEW: Toronto sold barely a third of its premium FIFA Fan Fest Tickets, early data shows, potentially damaging a plan it launched to help manage escalating costs during the 2026 World Cup. #ToPoli globalnews.ca/news/1198643...

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Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria is vowing to “push forward” on the expansion of Billy Bishop airport and chastised the federal government for giving into a “fringe group” of Toronto residents who opposed the province’s plans. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1199678...

Ford government chastises Carney government for giving into ‘fringe group’ over island airport expansion | Globalnews.ca

Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria is vowing to "push forward" on the expansion of Billy Bishop airport and chastised the federal government for giving in.

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Over his eight years in office, Premier Doug Ford has billed Ontario taxpayers more than $44,000 in airfare, hotels and meals, despite recently claiming that he has “zero” public expenses, @RichardCityNews reports. #OnPoli toronto.citynews.ca/2026/07/28/p...

Premier Doug Ford has billed Ontario taxpayers $44K despite claims of 'zero expenses'

As the Ford government weathers an expense scandal, the premier invited reporters to look into his expenses, saying he's the "only premier in the history of this province that has a zero expense accou...

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NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford billed taxpayers for a flight to Orlando last summer to attend the conference of a private-sector union that has repeatedly endorsed the Progressive Conservative Party and received millions in government funding. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1199582...

Premier Ford charged taxpayers for Florida trip to attend union conference at Disney | Globalnews.ca

The province's travel, meal and hospitality expense disclosure list shows four individuals expensed commercial flights and hotels totalling $11,709 for the trip in mid-July 2025.

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Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said Monday the Ontario government should return lands it recently expropriated through new legislation, which was part of a push from Premier Doug Ford to expand the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. #Onpoli #ToPoli globalnews.ca/news/1199576...

Chow asks for Toronto island land back after feds block Billy Bishop expansion | Globalnews.ca

Chow says she has filed an urgent motion to city council demanding that the province return the land as well as restore the city in the tripartite agreement governing the airport.

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While the Ford government says it has no target number of crews to battle wildfires, an internal document suggests the province is well short of what it defined two years ago as the “optimal” number of firefighters. #OnPoli via @jackhauen.bsky.social www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...

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Here's how many premium tickets Toronto sold for its FIFA Fan Festival. The city created premium tickets for $100 to $300 to try and offset the cost of the fan festivals. It's not yet clear if the 37% it sold will be enough to do that. #ToPoli globalnews.ca/news/1198643...

NEW: Toronto sold barely a third of its premium FIFA Fan Fest Tickets, early data shows, potentially damaging a plan it launched to help manage escalating costs during the 2026 World Cup. #ToPoli globalnews.ca/news/1198643...

Barely one-third of Toronto’s FIFA FanFest premium tickets sold, early data shows - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

World Cup Fan Fest events were held from June 11 to July 19 at Fort York Historic Site and The Bentway, screening soccer matches and performances from bands and DJs.

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NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford flew to Kingston, Ottawa, North Bay and Windsor in the space of a month and a half this spring, skipping the highway commute as civil servants rushed to finish purchasing a private jet for him to use. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1197340...

Ford flew short haul across southern Ontario as jet purchase was finalized | Globalnews.ca

Schedules reveal that Ford took four short-haul domestic flights on the OPP plane over less than two months and chartered a jet to travel to Texas.

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NEW: The feds appears to confirm it's opposition to expanding Billy Bishop (beyond safety changes), something that effectively kills the Ford government's plan. Ontario's minister of transportation says he looks forward to "continuing to work to advance the expansion" #OnPoli

NEW: Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives are trailing the leaderless Liberals by five points, according to a new poll, as the premier’s popularity plummets amid a spending scandal. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1198812...

Doug Ford slumps to 24% approval rating amidst spending scandal | Globalnews.ca

New public opinion research has the Liberals at 38 per cent, ahead of the governing PCs, who sit at 33 per cent. The NDP trail at 21 per cent, with the Greens at three per cent.

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NEW: The expense scandal gripping Queen’s Park has created a divide in the PC caucus, as members quietly express anger over the unintended consequences of their colleagues’ actions and how the premier's office handled the situation. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1198665...

Progressive Conservative caucus divided over Ontario hotel spending scandal | Globalnews.ca

Global News first reported hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses billed by Willowdale MPP Stan Cho to taxpayers and donors over the course of three years.

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NEW: The Ontario NDP and several First Nations are calling for a public inquiry into the Ford government’s handling of the wild land fires #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1198676...

NDP calls for public inquiry into Ford government’s wildfire preparedness, response | Globalnews.ca

First Nations leaders have said the Ontario government left communities to fend for themselves without timely support for evacuations.

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MPP Charmaine Williams charged her riding association thousands of dollars for hotel stays before paying at least some of that amount back, according to a Progressive Conservative Party spokesperson. Via @jackhauen and @TinaYazdani #OnPoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

Ford government minister reimbursed riding association for hotel stays before expense scandal erupted

Charmaine Williams paid back donor and taxpayer-funded riding association ‘many months ago’: PC Party

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NEW: Embattled Progressive Conservative MPP Hardeep Grewal is facing an election finance complaint as the opposition accuses him of failing to declare campaign advertising in a newspaper his family owns. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1197665...

Election finance complaint submitted about Brampton MPP over ads in father’s newspaper | Globalnews.ca

Grewal unseated the NDP’s Gurratan Singh in 2022 in Brampton East, winning the riding again in the 2025 snap election.

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First Nations leaders are calling for a public inquiry into Ontario’s wildfire response, alleging the provincial government failed to adequately support some communities threatened by this year’s fires. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1197518...

First Nations chiefs call for inquiry into Ontario wildfire response | Globalnews.ca

The chiefs say some residents were forced to organize their own evacuations and received little warning or assistance as wildfires approached their communities.

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🔥🧵: Was Ontario prepared for the current, record-breaking fire season? The government insists it was, pointing to the fact that there is no limit to how much it will spend to fight forest fires. Opponents say the service has been starved for years. #Onpoli

NEW: Ontario's forest firefighting service has worried about retention, experience and pay for years. Reports and memos dating back to 2016 said it wasn't hanging onto its best talent. Now, there's severe frustration. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1197470...

Ontario forest firefighters warned for years about retention, pay issues | Globalnews.ca

Back in 2016, a report warned that fire rangers were quitting at an alarming rate, were less experienced than in previous years and were comparatively underpaid.

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NEW: Doug Ford railed against his own MPPs for claiming hotel stays in downtown Toronto, telling them they'd all have to pay it back. The thing is, it was actually the government that told them to use the perk in an email last year. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1197496...

Ford government advised its MPPs they could use hotel benefit for night sittings | Globalnews.ca

For more than a week, government MPPs have been facing scrutiny for charging downtown Toronto hotel stays to the taxpayer instead of commuting to and from Queen’s Park.

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NEW: Two of Ontario’s nine waterbombers are grounded for repairs as the province calls in help from across the country to battle for control of nearly 200 wildfires ripping through the north. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1197411...

Ontario grounds 2 waterbombers for repairs as wildfires rage through north | Globalnews.ca

The Ministry of Natural Resources indicated two of its waterbombers were grounded for repairs but said there were no issues with staffing its fleet.

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NEW: Premier Doug Ford says he won’t tell the LCBO to put American alcohol back on the shelves, after the White House explicitly cited Ontario’s alcohol ban as a trade irritant behind increased tariffs. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1197415...

Ford says LCBO moratorium on U.S. booze to stay, despite renewed tariff threat | Globalnews.ca

On Monday night, U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a fresh threat to impose 50 per cent tariffs on most Canadian goods.

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NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is apologizing after members of his cabinet and party claimed thousands of dollars in hotel expenses to stay in downtown Toronto rather than drive home at the end of the workday. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1197254...

Premier Ford apologizes for hotel expenses claimed by his MPPs | Globalnews.ca

Former minister of tourism Stan Cho charged more than $16,000 to the taxpayer for hotels despite living near Queen's Park, while three Peel Region MPPs charged more than $15,000.

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