Ontario cabinet ministers respond to pending mandate letters decision

Ontario’s finance and energy ministers were asked about the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision regarding the release of the Ford government’s mandate letters. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy said he believed the principle of cabinet confidentiality remained key to them. The letters, written in bullet point form by political staff at the senior-most levels, laid out the priorities that the government intended to pursue during the party’s first term in office.

• Supreme Court to release Ford government mandate letters decision on Friday