Ontario Premier Doug Ford asks feds to pause safe supply programs
Ford has written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking the federal government to review the Health Canada-approved safe supply sites across the country.
Canada
May 17
Ontario Premier Doug Ford weighs in on campus encampment protests
Campuses, including McGill University and the University of British Columbia, have seen protests held by students demonstrating against Israel's conflict with Hamas.
Politics
Apr 30
Ford’s Progressive Conservatives win both Ontario byelections
Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative candidates won both Ontario byelections by convincing margins.
Politics
May 3
Gravy sent to Premier Doug Ford briefly shuts down Ontario government building
Toronto police said they were called to Queen’s Park in downtown Toronto just after 11:30 a.m. after a suspicious package was found.
Politics
Apr 16
Ontario legislature keffiyeh ban partially overturned as political fighting continues
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles previously challenged Premier Doug Ford to get his caucus in line and work to overturn a ban on wearing the Arab headdress inside Queen's Park.
Politics
May 6
Ontario NDP sets ultimatum for legislature keffiyeh ban, threatening to defy rules
Marit Stiles said that if Ontario Premier Doug Ford did not push to overturn a ban on the keffiyeh at Queen's Park, she and her entire caucus would defy the rule.
Politics
Apr 26
Ontario Premier Doug Ford asks LCBO to bring back paper bags for customers
Premier Doug Ford has asked the LCBO to reverse its decision to stop giving Ontario customers paper bags as people are 'stuck openly carrying alcohol in public.'
Canada
Apr 8
Renewed tensions over Queen’s Park keffiyeh ban brewing
A debate around the Arab headdress erupted on Thursday after Ontario Premier Doug Ford said a ban from Speaker Ted Arnott "divides" people and called for it to be reversed.
Politics
Apr 22
Ontario premier calls cost of gas ‘absolutely disgusting,’ raises price-gouging concerns
Premier Doug Ford went off on gas prices on Thursday, mentioning concerns about price gouging and comparisons to gas prices south of the border.
Consumer
Apr 18
Province announces hundreds of new GO train trips but none to Kitchener
Premier Doug Ford announced hundreds of new GO train trips but while the Kitchener line was expanded there will be no new trips in or out of Kitchener or Guelph as a result.
Canada
Apr 15
Kitchener gets $14 million from province for reaching its 2023 housing target
Ontario Premier Doug Ford was in Kitchener on Thursday morning to dole out $14 million to the City of Kitchener for meeting its housing targets in 2023.
Canada
Apr 11
No businesses lined up for farmland being expropriated in Wilmot: Doug Ford
Premier Doug Ford says there is no potential business lined up for the land in Wilmot, Ont., that Waterloo Region has been looking to acquire, which has caused a stir in the area.
Canada
Apr 11
Doug Ford gifted with can of gravy amid office spending blowback
Liberal MPP John Fraser, who levelled the gravy train accusation, attempted to drive home that point by gifting Premier Doug Ford a can of mushroom gravy.
Politics
Apr 9
‘I’m not going to be bullied’: Tensions rise between Doug Ford, Whitby mayor over new hospital
The mayor of Whitby responds to Premier Doug Ford after the two criticized each other as the town moves forward with its advocacy campaign for the new hospital.
Canada
Apr 8
Will fourplexes destroy ‘neighbourhood character’? What to know amid debate
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said allowing fourplexes to be built would be a 'massive mistake.' Experts say many of the common fears around fourplexes are unfounded.
Canada
Apr 4
‘His own gravy train’: Cost of staffing Doug Ford’s office more than double Kathleen Wynne’s
The size and cost of the premier's office under Ontario Premier Doug Ford has expanded significantly since the premier took over, far outpacing spending under the Liberals.
Canada
Apr 2
Ford government could reject latest federal housing package
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a new housing fund tied to fourplexes, a policy Ontario Premier Doug Ford is passionately opposed to.
Politics
Apr 2
Premier Ford says he only wants ‘Ontario students’ at medical schools
Asked about medical students leaving the province upon graduation, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he wants to put 'our kids first' and limit international spaces.
Education
Apr 3
Ontario extends 5.7-cent gas tax cut to the end of the year
Premier Doug Ford made the announcement Monday about one key affordability item that will be in the budget Tuesday.
Canada
Mar 25
Ontario putting up more cash for roads, pipes to help get more housing built
Premier Doug Ford said he has heard from municipal leaders that a lack of funds to build roads and water lines is one of the biggest barriers to getting more homes built.
Canada
Mar 21
