Ford Government Expenses

• Premier Ford charged taxpayers for Florida trip to attend union conference at Disney

  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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  Jul 28
  
• Ford flew short haul across southern Ontario as jet purchase was finalized

  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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  Jul 27
  
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• Doug Ford slumps to 24% approval rating amidst spending scandal

  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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  Jul 24
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• Progressive Conservative caucus divided over Ontario hotel spending scandal

  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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  Jul 24
• Election finance complaint submitted about Brampton MPP over ads in father’s newspaper

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

  Politics

  Jul 23
• Ford government advised its MPPs they could use hotel benefit for night sittings

  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.

  Canada

  Jul 22
• Premier Ford apologizes for hotel expenses claimed by his MPPs

  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.

  Politics

  Jul 20
• Brampton MPP faces questions over taxpayer-funded ads in father’s newspaper

  The 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. 

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  Jul 20
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• Ontario MPP charged riding association for restaurants, hotels and limo rental

  Detailed 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.

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  Jul 20
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• Ontario PC MPPs who spent big on hotels face questions as minister resigns

  Ontario 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.

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  Jul 17