Video Archives
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Progressive Conservative caucus divided over Ontario hotel spending scandal -
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Ford government advised MPPs to use hotel benefit for late-night sittings -
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Ontario MPP Stan Cho charged riding association for upscale meals, hotels and limo rentals -
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Ford offers apology over Cho spending scandal -
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Doug Ford dismisses decline in popularity, says he’s ‘sure the heck not Justin Trudeau’ -
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Ford removes caucus chair after pension, private jet row -
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Focus Ontario: Harmony Short-lived -
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Ontario government releases details of $191K in extra private jet costs -
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Focus Ontario: Opposition to the Opposition -
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Ontario’s freedom of information requests scrapped as watchdog waits for impact -
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Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives tumble in the polls after jet fiasco -
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Focus Ontario: Here Come the Cancellations -
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Focus Ontario: Turbulence or Tailspin? -
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Will private jet blunder, FOI changes haunt Doug Ford? -
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Focus Ontario: Trustee Turmoil -
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Ontario education minister lays out education reform and possible social media ban -
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Ontario’s evolving explanation for how it accidentally released 150 inmates -
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Dozens of inmates released from Ontario jails every year because of ‘errors or oversight’ -
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Liberal Hospitals Critic on system status -
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Housing minister on trying to end Ontario’s homebuilding slump
Author Archives
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Sellers move to less-regulated markets over Ontario’s ticket resale legislationThe legislation, aimed at levelling the playing field for sports fans and concertgoers, mandated that resale tickets cannot be listed for more than face value.PoliticsJul 31
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Ford received home visit from Rogers CEO to talk about ticket legislationJust 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.PoliticsJul 30
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Ford escalates fight over Toronto Island airport, threatens support for rail projectThe 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.PoliticsJul 29
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Ontario season seat holders face uncertainty with Ford’s ticket resale legislationFans are expressing frustration that the Ford government’s hastily passed ticket resale legislation has unfairly punished season ticket holders.PoliticsJul 29
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Ford government chastises Carney government for giving into ‘fringe group’ over island airport expansionTransportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria is vowing to "push forward" on the expansion of Billy Bishop airport and chastised the federal government for giving in.PoliticsJul 28
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Premier Ford charged taxpayers for Florida trip to attend union conference at DisneyThe 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.CanadaJul 28
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Ford flew short haul across southern Ontario as jet purchase was finalizedSchedules 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.PoliticsJul 27
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Doug Ford slumps to 24% approval rating amidst spending scandalNew 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.CanadaJul 24
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Progressive Conservative caucus divided over Ontario hotel spending scandalGlobal 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.PoliticsJul 24
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Election finance complaint submitted about Brampton MPP over ads in father’s newspaperGrewal unseated the NDP’s Gurratan Singh in 2022 in Brampton East, winning the riding again in the 2025 snap election.PoliticsJul 23
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Ford government advised its MPPs they could use hotel benefit for night sittingsFor 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.CanadaJul 22
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Ford says LCBO moratorium on U.S. booze to stay, despite renewed tariff threatOn Monday night, U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a fresh threat to impose 50 per cent tariffs on most Canadian goods.CanadaJul 21
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Premier Ford apologizes for hotel expenses claimed by his MPPsFormer 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.PoliticsJul 20
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Brampton MPP faces questions over taxpayer-funded ads in father’s newspaperThe Ontario NDP asked the integrity commissioner to probe Hardeep Grewal, claiming he was using his constituency budget to advertise in a newspaper run by his father.PoliticsJul 20
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Ontario MPP charged riding association for restaurants, hotels and limo rentalDetailed disclosures from Stan Cho's constituency office show, between 2023 and 2026, the MPP billed the office for pricey dinners, airline tickets and hotel stay.CanadaJul 20
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Ontario PC MPPs who spent big on hotels face questions as minister resignsOntario Premier Doug Ford said his MPPs would pay back "every penny" of the hotel expense claims, but his office hasn't said if anyone has actually sent the money back.PoliticsJul 17
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Ontario MPP and sport minister announces retirement from politicsNeil Lumsden, who sits as the MPP for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, wrote an open letter announcing his retirement from politics.CanadaJul 17
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Ontario tourism minister Stan Cho resigns over hotel expenses scandalGlobal News was first to report that Cho, whose home is seven subway stops from the legislature, had billed more than $16,000 to the taxpayer for Toronto hotel stays.PoliticsJul 17
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Ford government pushed looser rules for MPP hotel benefit it now plans to reverseAs PC MPPs began charging taxpayers to stay in hotel rooms in downtown Toronto, members of the Ford government began quietly updating the expense rules for elected officials.PoliticsJul 17
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‘They’re paying back the money’: Ford breaks silence on hotel expense scandalThe premier also defended his government when asked whether the hotel expenses violated his 2018 election promise that the party with the taxpayer dollar is over.CanadaJul 16
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Ontario looks to axe rules Progressive Conservative MPPs used to claim hotel staysGlobal News was first to report on the hotel room expenses incurred by members of the Progressive Conservative government who live within driving distance of Queen's Park.CanadaJul 15
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Transparency law changes block release of Ford government speed cameras studiesAs Premier Doug Ford railed against automated speed cameras and called them a 'cash grab,' Global News sought to understand what information the government had considered.CanadaJul 15
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Progressive Conservative MPPs living in Peel Region bill thousands for hotels in TorontoThe trio represent ridings in Brampton and Mississauga, but filed 30 expense claims asking the legislature to refund the costs of special accommodations in Toronto.PoliticsJul 15
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Ontario Liberal Leadership candidate gains another caucus endorsementEtobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Lee Fairclough, who launched her leadership bid in May, has steadily racked up endorsements from elected MPPs.PoliticsJul 15
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Ford cabinet minister agrees to repay cost of all hotel stays in Toronto, where he livesThe pledge to repay the full amount comes only hours after Stan Cho’s office indicated he would only repay some of the costs, as the minister faces internal and external pressure.PoliticsJul 14
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