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Doug Ford

April 25, 2024

For other people named Doug Ford, see Doug Ford (disambiguation).

Douglas Robert Ford Jr. MPP (born November 20, 1964) is a Canadian politician and businessman who has served as the 26th and current premier of Ontario since June 2018 and leader of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party since March 2018. He represents the Toronto riding of Etobicoke North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

The Honourable
Doug Ford
MPP
Ford in 2023
26th Premier of Ontario
Assumed office
June 29, 2018
Monarchs
Lieutenant Governor
Deputy
Preceded byKathleen Wynne
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Assumed office
June 29, 2018
PremierHimself
Preceded byKathleen Wynne
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Assumed office
March 10, 2018
Preceded byVic Fedeli (interim)
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Etobicoke North
Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded byShafiq Qaadri
Toronto City Councillor
for Ward 2 Etobicoke North
In office
December 1, 2010 – November 30, 2014
Preceded byRob Ford
Succeeded byRob Ford
Personal details
Born
Douglas Robert Ford Jr.

(1964-11-20) November 20, 1964 (age 59)
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseKarla Middlebrook
Relations
Children4 (including Krista)
Parents
Residence(s)Princess Gardens, Etobicoke, Toronto
Alma materHumber College (no degree)[1]
Occupation
  • Businessman
  • politician
Websitefordmpp.ca

With his brother Randy, Ford co-owns Deco Labels and Tags, a printing business operating in Canada and the United States that was founded by their father, Doug Ford Sr., who served as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) from 1995 to 1999. Ford was a Toronto city councillor for Ward 2 Etobicoke North from 2010 to 2014 at the same time that his brother, Rob Ford, was mayor of Toronto. Ford ran for the 2014 Toronto mayoral election, where he placed second behind John Tory. In 2018, Ford won the party leadership election of the PC Party and led the PCs to majority victories in the 2018 and 2022 general elections.

Early life, family, and education edit

Born in Etobicoke, Ontario, Ford was the second of four children of Doug Bruce Ford Sr. and Ruth Diane Ford (née Campbell).[2][3][4] His paternal grandparents were English immigrants.[5] He graduated grade twelve from Scarlett Heights Collegiate Institute.[6] He then attended Humber College for two months before dropping out with no degree.[7][8][9]

Early business career edit

In the 1990s, Ford became involved in the running of Deco Labels and Tags, a business co-founded by his father in 1962.[10][11] The company makes pressure-sensitive labels for plastic-wrapped grocery products.[12] Doug Jr. became president of the company in 2002, and was responsible for the company's expansion into Chicago.[11] Nearing his death, his father divided up the company, leaving 40 percent to Doug Jr., 40 percent to Randy and 20 percent to Rob. In 2008, Doug Jr. launched the purchase of Wise Tag and Label in New Jersey and fired Wise Tag's manager. Former Deco employees suggest that the Chicago branch was well-managed under Doug Jr., and that he was well-liked but that the company declined under Randy's leadership after Doug Jr. entered politics in 2010.[13][11] As of 2011, Ford and his mother were directors of the company, managed by his brother Randy.[12][14]

Early involvement in politics edit

Ford's first involvement in politics came when Doug Holyday approached Deco to print stickers for signs for his 1994 mayoral campaign in Etobicoke. Ford took it upon himself to canvass for Holyday.[15] He then assisted in his father's campaigns as a PC MPP candidate in 1995 and 1999.[16] He also ran his brother Rob's council campaigns in 2000, 2003, and 2006, and Rob's winning mayoral campaign in 2010.[4]

Municipal politics edit

On October 25, 2010, Ford was elected as councillor to Toronto City Council in Ward 2. He succeeded his brother, Rob, who ran successfully for mayor of Toronto. Upon election, Doug Ford announced that he would donate his $100,000 annual salary to community organizations.[17]

 
Doug Ford in 2011

As a city councillor, Ford voted to privatize garbage pickup west of Yonge Street,[clarification needed] declare the Toronto Transit Commission an essential service, reduce the office budget of city councillors and eliminate the vehicle registration tax.[18]

Boards and agencies edit

While on city council, Ford served on the board of Build Toronto,[19] an arm's-length city body responsible for developing and selling city land. He was also a director of the Canadian National Exhibition, and served on the Budget Committee, the Civic Appointments Committee and the Government Management Committee at Council.[20]

Ford was a member of the board of Toronto Transit Infrastructure Limited, a corporation set up to finance a Sheppard Avenue subway extension, which Council later cancelled. In 2011, Ford promoted an alternative plan for the Port Lands district of Toronto, including a monorail, a boat-in hotel, the world's largest Ferris wheel and a mega-mall.[21] The plan was ridiculed in the media and council voted it down—including by members of the mayoral executive committee.[22]

Other events while councillor edit

Ford caused controversy after revealing that his brother Rob would be served a subpoena if Rob's friend and driver Alexander Lisi went to court over charges of extortion.[23] Ford commented that the subpoena was in "payback" for Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair not getting a contract renewal with the Toronto Police Service, saying "This is why we need a change at the top", in regards to Blair's contract.[24] Blair filed a defamation lawsuit, demanding a written apology in exchange for dropping the suit. Ford apologized and retracted the comments.[25]

An investigative report by The Globe and Mail published in May 2013 alleged that Ford had sold hashish at James Gardens for several years in the 1980s,[26][27] based on interviews with anonymous sources.[28] Ford, who had never been charged with drug possession or trafficking, denied the allegations[29] and accused the newspaper of unfairly targeting his brother, then-mayor Rob Ford. The newspaper defended its report and its use of anonymous sources at an Ontario Press Council hearing,[27][30] which dismissed complaints against the newspaper and found that its coverage was "fair and ethical".[31] Ford said at the time that he planned to sue the newspaper for libel.[32] When asked in a 2018 interview why he had not sued, he replied that he had decided a lawsuit would be a "waste of time".[33]

Ford opposed a house for developmentally disabled youth in his ward, saying the home had "ruined the community".[34]

Aspirations for higher office and 2014 mayoral candidacy edit

 
Doug Ford at a 2014 parade

In June 2013, Ford announced that he would not run for re-election as councillor in the next Toronto election, scheduled for 2014: "I won't be running next time, at least down here I won't be running, I'll be running away from this place in 16 months", expressing his frustration with municipal politics.[35] It was speculated at the time that Ford may be a Progressive Conservative candidate for a future Ontario election, or interested in the leadership of the PCs.[36] On February 20, 2014, after meeting with PC leader Tim Hudak, Ford announced that he would not be a candidate in the next provincial election, which was called for June 12, 2014, so that he could focus on his brother's re-election campaign. Ford explained, "The timing right now just doesn't work."[37]

After his brother Rob entered drug rehab in May 2014, Ford commented that he would not rule out running for mayor.[38] Rob returned from rehab and continued his campaign for mayor, but withdrew after he was diagnosed with an abdominal tumour and hospitalized. Doug Ford then entered the mayoral campaign in the last hour before the nomination deadline on September 12, 2014.[39] Comments Ford made during the campaign received criticism for alleged bigotry, such as misogyny and antisemitism, and critics accused him of conflict of interest and of drug dealing in the past.[40] Though voters viewed the brothers as having the same ideological stance and gave them similar levels of support,[41] Rob's drug scandal received little attention with regard to Doug's campaign.[42]

Ford's campaign got the attention of Last Week Tonight's John Oliver, who closed an episode begging Torontonians to vote for Doug Ford for the world's amusement.[43] Doug Ford maintained the support that Rob had in the polls and made no significant ground against frontrunner John Tory, but maintained his lead over Olivia Chow. Ford lost the election to Tory, having 34 percent of the support compared to Tory's 40 percent. Ford's campaign was fined $11,950 for placing 478 illegal lawn signs during the campaign, including placing signs on the Don Valley Parkway, the Gardiner Expressway, and on civic buildings and parks.[44]

Following his unsuccessful mayoral candidacy, there was speculation that Ford would become a candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Ford told reporters: "It's on the table, I would really consider it", and added: "Our campaign is ready to go. Our people are itching to get involved. We are miles ahead of the other candidates."[45] On November 27, 2014, Ford announced that he would not be a candidate for the position and endorsed the candidacy of family friend Christine Elliott.[46]

Ford Nation book edit

A book by Doug and Rob Ford titled Ford Nation: Two Brothers, One Vision – The True Story of the People's Mayor appeared in 2016.[47]

Integrity commissioner ruling against Ford edit

In December 2016, the City of Toronto's integrity commissioner concluded that Ford broke the city's code of conduct when he was a councillor finding that Ford improperly used his influence in municipal matters pertaining to two companies that were clients of his family's company. Integrity Commissioner Valerie Jepson ruled that: "Councillor Ford took no steps to establish clear lines of separation between his responsibilities as a member of Council and his duties as a principal of Deco."[48]

Since Ford was no longer a councillor by the time the ruling was issued, the commissioner did not recommend any sanctions for Ford.[49]

Cancelled 2018 Toronto mayoral campaign edit

On September 9, 2017, Ford announced at his family's annual barbecue that he would run for mayor of Toronto in the 2018 election, saying "this one's for you, Robbie", referring to his younger brother Rob who had died the previous year.[50] Ford said that his opponent, John Tory, was "all talk and broken promises".[51] On February 1, 2018, Ford announced that he no longer planned to run for mayor that year because he intended to focus entirely on his campaign for Ontario PC leader.[52]

Entering provincial politics edit

2018 Progressive Conservative leadership campaign edit

Ford for Leader
CandidateDoug Ford
AffiliationProgressive Conservative Party of Ontario
StatusWon
HeadquartersToronto
SloganStrong Party, Strong Ontario
Websitefordforleader.ca
Main article: 2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
 
Top map: Results of the first round by plurality of points. Bottom map: Results of the 3rd (final) round by plurality of points

Following the sudden resignation of Patrick Brown on January 25, 2018, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario announced a new leader would need to be chosen before the 2018 Ontario general election in June. Ford was the first candidate to announce, on January 29, that he would seek the leadership of the party.[53][54] On January 31, 2018, Ford announced he would seek the PC nomination in Etobicoke North and run for the seat in the 2018 election.[55] He was one of the four official candidates running for the PC leadership along with Christine Elliott, Caroline Mulroney, and Tanya Granic Allen.[56]

Ford promised to represent the interests of Northern Ontario in Queen's Park. He called his opponents "insiders" and "political elites", who did not represent the interests of the residents of Northern Ontario like he could. Ford pledged several northern-focused policy initiatives including moving forward with resource development in the Northern Ontario Ring of Fire and reinstating the Ontario Northland Railway's Northlander train service.[57]

Ford called the Ontario health care system "broken" while relating the hospital experience of his brother Rob. He explained that Rob fell while being guided to a chair, and as the hospital was understaffed Doug had to rush down eleven floors to find security guards to help. He stated that the province should support transportation to allow Northern Ontarians to travel quickly and easily to the south to receive medical care and should increase provincial support for Ontario's small and medium-sized hospitals.[57][58]

Polling results ahead of the leadership ballot were mixed. A February Ipsos/Global News poll found that Ford had the most support of all the PC leadership candidates in Toronto and would beat the Liberals in the city by nine points, but a Mainstreet poll showed him doing only marginally better than the other PC candidates except Patrick Brown, and a Forum Research poll suggested he would have less support than the other candidates.[59]

On March 10, Ford won the PC leadership on the third ballot. The results were too close to call and there was a dispute over whether some votes were allocated to the correct electoral districts, so the announcement was not made at the originally scheduled convention. A news conference was held later that night after a recount was completed. Elliott conceded the next day and endorsed Ford as leader.[56]

On March 27, 2018, Ford was named the party's candidate in Etobicoke North.[60]

2018 Ontario general election edit

Main article: 2018 Ontario general election

In March 2018, the Liberals tabled a pre-election budget in the provincial legislature which promised billions of dollars in new spending for free childcare and expanded coverage for dental care but replaced the government's previous balanced budget with a $6.7 billion deficit projected to last until 2024–2025.[61] Ford called the budget a "spending spree".[62] He said he would condense the Conservative platform adopted under former leader Patrick Brown, reducing "about ten percent of [it]",[63] into a five-point plan focusing on health, education, creating jobs, getting rid of the province's cap and trade program for carbon emissions, and reducing electricity rates.[64][65][66]

Ford was critical of the sex education components of the Ontario health curriculum which was updated in 2015, and stated that he believed it needed to be reviewed.[67][68] He suggested that minors should be required to consult their parents before obtaining an abortion, and indicated he would allow the introduction of a private member's bill requiring parental consent.[69] In terms of economic policy, Ford said he would revive manufacturing in Ontario by easing regulations, cutting taxes, and ensuring competitive electricity rates.[64] Ford criticized the Liberal government for not proceeding quickly enough to develop the Northern Ontario Ring of Fire, saying that he'd get on a bulldozer himself if necessary.[70][71]

 
Ford campaigning in Sudbury during the election

Ford announced at an April 3 rally in Hamilton, Ontario, that if elected his government would allow Hamilton City Council to reallocate the $1.3 billion allocated for the city's proposed rapid transit system to roads or other infrastructure.[72] Hamilton mayor Fred Eisenberger responded saying that city council had already decided the issue and that cancelling the LRT would mean $100 million would "be thrown away".[73]

Ford and the PC Party received the endorsement of former Toronto mayor Mel Lastman and former Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion. In the media, Ford was compared to U.S. President Donald Trump.[74][75][76] The Guardian described Ford as a "businessman turned anti-establishment politician", a "son of a wealthy entrepreneur" who "rails against elites" and "often shuns expertise", while noting a sharp difference with Trump by pointing out that during his 2014 Toronto mayoral campaign "Ford drummed up strong support among some of the city's most diverse neighbourhoods, suggesting his populist touch resonates with immigrants and racialized minorities who have traditionally self-identified as disenfranchised".[75] Ford rejected the comparisons while praising some of Trump's policies.[77]

Ford led the PC Party to a majority government in the general election held on June 7, 2018, taking 76 of 124 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario,[78] including his own riding of Etobicoke North.[79] Ford had been PC leader for less than 100 days when his party won the election.[80]

Premier of Ontario edit

Main article: Premiership of Doug Ford

Ford was sworn in as premier on June 29, 2018, incorporating a ceremony outdoors on the lawn of Queen's Park.[81] Ford is the first newly elected MPP to take office as premier since Mitch Hepburn did so in 1934.[82]

Provincial finances edit

Ford's government cancelled the basic income pilot project.[83] He opposes the laying off of government workers. He supports the use of attrition to eliminate government jobs that he believes are not needed.[84] Ford believes in hiring independent auditors to audit government spending.[85][86]

Liquor pricing edit

Ford campaigned on "buck-a-beer" and reduced the minimum price of beer from $1.25 to $1.[87] The program saw low adoption by breweries and resellers.[88] As a result of lowering the price floor, a regulation that capped annual increases in pricing that was tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was also eliminated and is projected to result in increased prices overall.[89]

Low-Income Individuals and Families Tax credit (LIFT) edit

On November 15, 2018, Finance Minister Vic Fedeli tabled the 2018 Ontario Economic Outlook[90] which included a tax cut representing as much as $850 a year for individuals and $1,700 for couples. LIFT would mean that a single person working full-time in minimum wage job, would pay no provincial personal income tax.[91] Minimum wage workers would still pay federal income tax which represents 75 percent of the tax rate.[92] LIFT is a variation on Ford's promise to cut taxes on those making less than $30,000 a year.[92] The amount of the tax credit applies only to minimum wage earners with full-time jobs. An individual who works part-time at $20 an hour but only earns $20,000 a year, would not be eligible.[92] Economist Sheila Block said that a $15 minimum wage would represent about $1,100 more a year for low income earners than Ford's tax credit.[92] In September 2018, Ford's government froze the minimum wage at $14 per hour and cancelled a planned increase.[93]

Cap and trade edit

On June 15, 2018, then premier-designate, Ford announced in a statement that one of the first actions of his newly formed cabinet would be to eliminate the province's cap and trade program under the 2016 Climate Change Mitigation and Low-Carbon Economy Act, a polluter pay bill that "generated funds for climate change mitigation and adaptation,"[94] put in place by the Liberal government.[95][96] As premier, through the Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018 which was tabled on July 25, 2018, Ford repealed cap and trade as part of his promise to lower gasoline prices by 10 cents per litre.[95][97][98] A court later ruled that as Ontario's Environmental Bill of Rights required the government hold public consultations before removing the program, the government's unilateral decision broke the law.[99] As federal law requires provinces to have in place their own pollution pricing system, as a result of Ontario withdrawing from the Western Climate Initiative, a carbon tax was automatically imposed on the province.[100]

Carbon tax edit

 
Carbon tax decals on gas pumps in Ontario, mandated by the Ford government during the 2019 federal election

Ford had warned that the imposition of the federal carbon tax would result in an increase in the price of gas in Ontario. According to fuel price analyst Patrick DeHaan, the average retail price of gas increased from 114.3 cents per litre before the carbon tax to "117.9 cents on April 1, the first day of the new tax" and 125.3 cents per litre in mid-July. There has been a 9.2 per cent drop in gasoline prices across Canada over the last year, according to the July 17, 2019 Statistics Canada report which resulted in inflation falling nationally in June 2019 to 2.0 per cent. DeHaan said that in July 2018 the average price of gas in Ontario had been 130.1 cents per litre.[101] He added that the retail price of gas reflects the drop in the price of oil prices from US$72 per barrel to US$60 a barrel in 2019 and is not related to the carbon tax.[101] As a result, rebates for electric vehicles funded through the program were cancelled,[102] and a program known as the Green Ontario Fund, which was financed by the proceeds of cap-and-trade auctions and aimed to help homeowners reduce their carbon footprint and reduce hydro bills, was eliminated.[103]

In July, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that provinces that do not adopt a carbon pricing mechanism by September 1, 2018, would be subject to a federal carbon tax of $20/tonne starting in January 2019.[104] Ontario's "fiscal watchdog"[91] and other analysts said that the province will have to refund an estimated $3 billion in carbon credits over four years purchased under the cap and trade program.[105] By mid-November 2018, The Globe and Mail reported that the Ontario government had "lost $2.7-billion in revenue" which included the $1.5-billion loss of revenue from the elimination of the cap-and-trade program.[91]

Ford has worked with the premiers of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick to fight the federal government's carbon tax legislation,[106] and has also supported campaigns to repeal the carbon tax led by federal Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer and Alberta United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney.[107] Ford believes the federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, which imposes a carbon tax on provinces that do not have their own pollution pricing regime is unconstitutional.[100] He committed $30 million to challenge the federal legislation, $4 million of which was spent on anti-carbon pricing advertisements including printing anti-carbon pricing stickers and imposing fines for gas station owners failing to display the stickers.[108] The province mandating the display of the stickers was later ruled to be itself unconstitutional, in violation of section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees business owners' freedom of expression.[109]

On March 25, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the constitution allows for the federal government to introduce pollution pricing on behalf of provinces who do not have their own regime.[110][111]

Healthcare edit

In 2018, Ford expressed support for publicly funded healthcare and a belief that funding should be increased to create 30,000 additional long-term care beds.[112] In 2020, Ford's government spent $3.5 billion less on health care than budgeted.[113]

In 2018, Ford said he believes that the provincial government should fully subsidize dental costs for low-income seniors.[114]

Ontario Health edit

Main article: Ontario Health (agency)

The Ford government introduced the Ontario Health agency in 2019, with the goal of centralizing services.[115] The province expects to save $350 million a year by 2021–22.[116]

The introduction of the agency has been criticized however, as similar approach was introduced in Alberta, which has the highest per capita healthcare spending in the country,[117] with the NDP noting that "In British Columbia and in Alberta, health centralization wasted billions of dollars",[118] and as wasting "time, money and energy on reshaping the health bureaucracy" rather than "specific solutions to well-identified problems."[119]

Bill 60 edit

Ford has been accused of attempting to privatize healthcare in the province of Ontario.[120][121][122] In August 2022, Ford suggested additional private deliveries of healthcare in order to supplement existing public healthcare in response to a hospital staff shortage throughout Ontario.[120]

In May 2023, Ford's government passed Bill 60, also known as the Your Health Act, to allow private clinics to perform more surgeries (including cataract surgeries, minimally invasive gynecological surgeries and eventually knee and hip replacements) and procedures (including MRI and CT scans) covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP). Health Minister Sylvia Jones argued the legislation was necessary to reduce the province's large surgical backlog (according to the province, more than 200,000 Ontarians have been waiting for surgeries). Ford's government said new clinics must apply for a licence to operate and include thorough staffing plans "to protect the stability of doctors, nurses and other health-care workers at public hospitals" as part of their applications. To ensure that quality and safety standards are met at every clinic, the government declared that it will name "expert organizations" to collaborate with Ontario Health and the Ministry of Health. If necessary, the ministry or the director of this third party may order an examination of a facility.[123][124]

Education edit

Immediately after taking office in 2018, Ford proposed to cut 3,475 Ontario teaching jobs over four years to save $292 million a year,[125] Ford also cancelled the Green Ontario Fund residential rebate program which included a $100 million fund for public school repair, free prescriptions to youth 24 and under, and an initiative to add indigenous peoples content to school curriculum,[126][127] and eliminated free tuition for low-income students (while reducing tuition fees by 10 per cent),[128]

On July 11, 2018, Ford announced that Ontario's health curriculum including sexual education components, updated by the previous government in 2015, would be reverted to the 1998 curriculum before the next school year.[129] He pledged to create a new sex-education curriculum after consulting with parents and teachers.[130] Ford stated the sex-education curriculum needed to be changed because it was not age-appropriate and not based on enough consultation.[131]

Ford believes that financial literacy education should be expanded and included in school curricula,[132] and believes Ontario's math curriculum should drop discovery learning and put a greater emphasis on arithmetic and memorization of the multiplication table.[133]

Ford used back-to-work legislation to end the 2018 strike at York University prior to the start of the 2018–2019 school year.[134] The strike had gone on for over four months, making it the longest post-secondary strike in Canadian history. Ford ordered all public universities and colleges in Ontario to develop free-speech policies that meet his government's expectations and stated that universities and colleges that do not comply will face funding reductions.[135]

By June 2019, the Ford government had removed or decreased funding for "school programs like after-school jobs for youth in low-income neighbourhoods", "tutors in classrooms", "daily physical activity for elementary students", "financial assistance for college and university students", "free tuition for low-income students", and "three satellite university campuses". He also "increased class sizes" and "cancelled three summer curriculum-writing sessions—one mandated by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and two others.[136]

2022 CUPE strike edit

Ford's government introduced Bill 28, known as the Keeping Students in Class Act,[137] which was passed by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on November 3, 2022, amid ongoing labour negotiations with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).[138] CUPE had given notice of job action October 30 after negotiations broke down with the Ministry of Education, and would have been in a legal strike position on November 4.[139] Bill 28 imposes a contract on CUPE, and makes it illegal to strike, setting fines of $4000 for workers.[139] The bill invokes the notwithstanding clause, shielding it from being struck down by the courts by allowing the bill to operate despite the right to collective bargaining granted by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.[139][140] The legislation was widely condemned, including by opposition parties, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti, the Ontario Bar Association, and other unions including those which had previously endorsed the PC Party.[140][141][142][143]

Despite the government's bill, CUPE went on strike anyway, resulting in province-wide school closures and protests in support of education workers.[144][145] The government challenged CUPE at the Ontario Labour Relations Board.[145] On November 7, 2022, Ford announced that he would rescind Bill 28[146] and that he would resume negotiations with CUPE.[147] Following the strike, Ford said he did not regret his use of the notwithstanding clause in imposing the contract and said that it helped both sides "come to their senses".[148]

Municipal affairs edit

Prior to his election as premier, Ford was a Toronto city councillor during the tenure of his brother, Rob Ford, as mayor of Toronto. In 2014, Doug took over this brother's mayoral campaign, running against Olivia Chow and eventual winner John Tory.

Provincially, Ford's riding as a member of Provincial Parliament is in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke.

Toronto City Council edit

Main article: 2018 Toronto municipal election

Ford believes that the constitution does not prevent provincial governments from changing the size of municipal councils, even after an election campaign has already begun.[149] After his government's legislation to reduce the number of wards represented at Toronto City Council was ruled unconstitutional, Ford pledged to invoke section 33's notwithstanding clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which would allow him to bypass the Charter and implement the legislation regardless of the court's ruling.[149] The Ontario Court of Appeal later ruled in Ford's favour and allowed his modification to the council. The matter was further appealed by the City of Toronto and is now under consideration by the Supreme Court.[150]

Public transit edit

Ford is a proponent of subways. He believed that the provincial government should assume control over the Toronto subway.[151] In February 2020, Ford and Toronto Mayor John Tory signed a preliminary agreement which would see the province assume "sole responsibility for the planning, design and construction" for Ontario Line, the three-stop Line 2 subway extension into Scarborough, the Yonge North subway extension and the Eglinton Crosstown west extension.[152] In 2020, construction began on the Hurontario LRT line in Mississauga and Brampton.[153]

Municipal spending cuts edit

In 2019, the government announced that it would adjust the cost-sharing arrangement for Toronto Public Health and Toronto Paramedic Services resulting in retroactive cuts that would total $177 million a year and $1 billion cut in Toronto over 10 years.[154][155] The cuts were criticized by City officials including Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa, Health board chair Joe Cressy, and Mayor John Tory.[156] The City projected that the additional financial pressure resulting from would result in further cuts to municipal services or increased taxes.[155] Amidst backlash, Ford announced that the province would keep the cost-sharing arrangement and re-evaluate it at the end of the fiscal year.[155]

Bill 66 edit

On December 6, 2018, the Ford government tabled its omnibus bill, Bill 66. The bill allows municipalities to request a provincial government override of any regulations that currently deter businesses from locating in the region.[157][158][159] Ford's political opponents and groups that promote environmental protection raised concerns that the "opaque", "vague language" in Bill 66 could mean clean water regulations and other bylaws that protect environmentally sensitive land could be bypassed.[157] According to a December 7 Globe and Mail article, under Bill 66, municipalities would only be required to obtain permission from the minister of municipal affairs, to override sections of the 2006 Clean Water Act, the 2015 Great Lakes Protection Act, the 2006 Lake Simcoe Protection Act, and the 2005 Greenbelt Act.[160]

Strong-mayor powers edit

In September 2022, Ford's government passed the Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act that grants extra powers to the mayor of Toronto and the mayor of Ottawa within their mayor–council governments. The Act grants the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa direct control over the drafting of city budgets; the appointments and dismissals of their city managers and department leaders (except police chiefs, fire chiefs, or auditors general); vetoes over laws that may conflict with provincial priorities (which may be overturned if a supermajority of two-thirds of city councillors voted to do so); and the creation and reorganisation of municipal administrative departments.[161][162]

Greenbelt controversy and housing affordability edit

Main article: Ontario minister's zoning orders controversy

Before Ford was first elected in 2018, a video emerged of him informing developers that he would "open up a big chunk of the Greenbelt" if elected.[163] After a public outcry, Ford said he would replace any removed land and that his goal was to increase supply to reduce housing costs. Pre-election, Ford also pledged not to remove Rent Control, stating, "I have listened to the people, and I won't take rent control away from anyone. Period. When it comes to rent control, we're going to maintain the status quo." After taking office, Rent Control for all newly-built or newly-converted rental units was removed as a measure to incentivize developers to build more apartments, to help landlords cover costs and make profit, and to keep condo investors buying.[164] After re-election in 2022, and amidst a worsening housing and affordability crisis, Ford became embroiled in controversy over properties released from Greenbelt protection.[165] One developer had purchased property shortly before the decision was made. A total of 7,400 acres of Greenbelt land was removed, while 9,400 acres of land was added.[166]

Ford has disagreed with criticism regarding his friendships with developers, saying, "no one can influence the Fords".[167] Specifically, he called questions about the optics of developers attending his daughter's pre-wedding party in August 2022, "ridiculous". Ford sought clearance for the event from the Integrity Commissioner in January 2023.[168] In February 2023, the Ontario Provincial Police anti-rackets branch were still looking into complaints about his government's decision to open up a portion of the Greenbelt for development.[169] The OPP asked the RCMP to take over the file in August 2023, in order to avoid any perceived conflict of interest.[170]

On August 9, 2023, the Auditor General released a report on the Greenbelt swap-out which found the government's flawed process had favoured certain developers who stood to earn over $8 billion.[171] The AG also confirmed that alterations to the Greenbelt were not necessary to reach Ontario's housing target and that Housing Minister Steve Clark's chief of staff "failed to consider environmental, agricultural and financial risks and impacts".[172] Calls from the opposition for Clark to resign were resisted by Ford and Clark himself, but Clark's chief of staff stepped down. At the end of August, Ontario's Integrity Commissioner found Clark had broken ethics rules, and on September 4, Clark tendered his resignation and was replaced by Paul Calandra.[173] The following day, Ford reiterated he would follow 14 of the Auditor General's 15 recommendations but would proceed with allowing the construction of affordable homes under $500,000 for "newcomers and young people" on the Greenbelt.[174] He also stated more applications to remove land from the Greenbelt would be reviewed.[175] He did not answer a reporter's question about reinstating Rent Control, nor did he comment on calls from First Nation Chiefs across Ontario to return traditional territories to the Greenbelt.[176]

On September 20, another minister from Ford's cabinet, Kaleed Rasheed, resigned over his relationship with a developer involved in the Greenbelt land swap.[177] The next day, Ford announced that after continuous backlash from constituents and two reports regarding the flawed process of opening the Greenbelt he would reverse his decision to open the Greenbelt to development. He apologized to the people of Ontario and promised to encourage building within urban boundaries.[178]

On October 10, the RCMP announced it was opening a criminal investigation into the allegations around developer favouritism in the Greenbelt land swap process used by the Province of Ontario.[179]

On October 16, Minister Calandra tabled a bill that would restore the Greenbelt lands removed in 2022 and that any future changes to the Greenbelt would have to go through the legislature.[180]

Hydro edit

During his election campaign Ford had promised to lower Ontario's electricity rates by 12 percent.[181][182][86] During his campaign, in April 2018, he announced that in order to reduce electricity rates,[64] he would redirect the province's dividends from partial ownership of Hydro One to subsidize market electricity rates, as well as absorbing the cost of conservation programs currently paid for by consumers, at an estimated cost of $800 million per year.[183]

Ford attacked Hydro One CEO Mayo Schmidt, calling him "Kathleen Wynne's $6-million dollar man" in reference to his reported annual salary, and called on the utility's board of directors to resign.[184][185] Ford vowed to fire them all if elected, although PC energy critic Todd Smith later clarified that the government cannot dismiss Hydro One's CEO directly.[186] He opposed his predecessor's decision to privatize Hydro One, but does not plan to reverse the decision.[187] His government passed legislation to publicly disclose and reduce the salaries of Hydro One's board members and executives.[188] On July 11, 2018, Hydro One CEO Mayo Schmidt resigned along with the entire board.[189][190]

According to Bloomberg News, by December 5, 2018, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, the state's regulators, rejected Hydro One's $3.4 Billion takeover of Avista because of "political risks in Ontario ... from provincial leaders who may not have the company's well being in mind".[191] Bloomberg also reported that, if the merger was not approved by the state's regulators, Hydro One would have to pay CA$138 million break fee. Because Hydro One is partially owned by the Ontario government, Ontario ratepayers would also be paying the "Parent Termination Fee".[192] Ford denies that he is to blame for the U.S. regulators' decision.[193]

Public safety edit

Ford came under fire in December 2018 by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Deputy Commissioner Brad Blair, who claimed Ford requested the OPP “purchase a large camper-type vehicle ... modified to specifications the premier's office would provide” and keep the costs “off the books.” The vehicle was intended for the premier to use for work, and reportedly was asked to include a swivel chair.[194] The accusation followed on the heels of Ford appointing a longtime family friend to be the next OPP commissioner just days after lowering the requirements for the position.[195]

In response to increasing calls for one, Ford has stated he opposes a ban on handguns in Ontario.[196]

Ford opposes supervised drug injection sites.[197]

Cannabis edit

Ford supports allowing licensed private retailers to sell cannabis, rather than a government monopoly like the LCBO.[198]

Ford opposed the legalization of recreational cannabis.[199] On January 22, 2019, Huffington Post reported that Ford's youngest daughter Kyla, a bodybuilder and fitness trainer, had posted videos promoting health benefits of CBD oil, a cannabis product which typically does not contain the psychoactive compound present in marijuana.[200] Various publications claimed Kyla's promotion wasn't lawful.[201][202][203][204] Ford's daughter took down the posts, but neither Ford nor his daughter commented on them.[200]

Political patronage controversies edit

In July 2018, Ford hired Rueben Devlin, former PC Party president and a Ford family friend, as a health-care advisor at a salary of $350,000 plus expenses, more than Ford's own salary of $208,974.[205][206]

In December 2018 Bob Paulson, who served as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer for 32-years including as RCMP commissioner before retiring in 2017, called for an independent third-party inquiry into Ford's appointment in December 2018 of Toronto Police Superintendent Ron Taverner, who is a long-time friend of Ford, as the new commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police.[195] By March 2019, Taverner had stepped down following "months of controversy" that "triggered an integrity commissioner investigation".[207]

A June 20, 2019, article in the Toronto Star said that Ford had awarded "plum patronage posts to two political allies". He hired Jag Badwal as Ontario's agent-general to Britain and the United States with an annual salary of $185,000.[208] Ford named Earl Provost as Ontario's agent-general to Chicago.[208]

On June 28, 2019, Ford's chief of staff, Dean French, resigned "amid a patronage scandal".[209] According to a Globe and Mail article, French resigned "after it was revealed that two people with personal ties to [French], 26 year-old Tyler Albrecht and Taylor Shields were appointed to lucrative positions in New York and London.[210][211] The Toronto Sun reported in a June 27, 2019, article that 26-year-old Tyler Albrecht, who had a "thin resume", was proposed for a "job that paid $165,000 a year, plus housing and other expenses" as Ontario's "new trade rep in New York City". His qualification was "that he played lacrosse with French's son".[212] TVO's Steve Paikin cited the example of Taylor Shields, who is French's wife's cousin, who was appointed as the trade representative in London, England,[210] with a salary of $185,000 plus expenses.[211] Just hours before French resigned, Ford had cancelled Albrecht's and Shields' appointments.[211] Thomas Staples, who played on St. Michael's College Varsity Lacrosse team with French as coach,[209] worked in the office of Bill Walker, who was chief government whip. When Walker became minister of government and consumer services in November 2018, Staples worked as his executive assistant and legislative affairs advisor.[213] According to iPolitics, Staples had not completed his undergraduate studies, and had neither the qualifications nor work experience in politics.[213] French's niece, Katherine Pal, who had been appointed as Ontario's Public Accounts Council resigned after her family ties to French were revealed.[213] According to Paikin, Pal was well qualified to be Public Accounts Council but she resigned because of the bad optics.[210] On July 4, Peter Fenwick, who served as Ontario's first "strategic transformation adviser" since November 2018, was fired when it was revealed in an interview with The Star that "Fenwick has been a life insurance customer of French's for at least 20 years".[214] On July 10, Andrew Suboch, a "personal injury and insurance lawyer" who had served as chair of the Justices of the Peace Appointments Advisory Committee (JPAAC), informed the JPAAC that he was resigning immediately after an article in the Globe revealed that Suboch was another of French's "long-time" friends whose sons played lacrosse together for many years.[209][211]

COVID-19 pandemic edit

Main article: COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario

Initial outbreak edit

In December 2019, an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China; it spread worldwide and was recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020.[215][216] The first confirmed case in Canada was in Ontario—reported on January 27, 2020.[217]

On March 17, Ford declared a state of emergency in Ontario,[218] closing bars and restaurants (with the exception of take-out and delivery services), as well as libraries, theatres, cinemas, schools and daycares and all public gatherings of more than 50 people (later reduced to 5 people on March 28).[219] Furthermore, the government announced on March 17 that Ontario had "some evidence of community transmission" of COVID-19.[220]

On March 23, Ford announced that all "non-essential" businesses be ordered closed starting 11:59 p.m. On March 24, Ford also stated that schools would remain closed past the original April 6 opening date (on May 19 it was announced that schools would remain closed until the following school year in September).[221][222] A list of 74 "essential" businesses was published later in the day on March 23.[223][224][225]

On March 25, Ford and Finance Minister Rod Phillips introduced a $17-billion response package that includes an influx of cash for the health sector, direct payments to parents and tax breaks for businesses.[226]

Third wave edit

On April 9, 2021, Ford received his first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a local pharmacy in Toronto, and encouraged eligible Ontarians to get vaccinated.[227]

Amid growing case numbers in mid-2021, the government moved to introduce a third province-wide stay at home order. As part of the response, Ford announced on April 16, 2021, that outdoor amenities including playgrounds would be closed, and that he would be authorizing police to require pedestrians and drivers to explain why they are not at home and provide their home address and other relevant details.[228] The regulations raised concerns about a re-legalization of carding.[229] The government experienced significant backlash with the new enforcement measures, with some commentators – such as the National Post's Randall Denley, a former PC politician[230] – equating the province to a "police state"[231] Members of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Table described the new restrictions as "absolute madness", and not based on science questioning the need to restrict "safe options from people as you do nothing to impact the places where the disease is spreading".[232] After dozens of police services across the province announced that they would refuse to enforce the new measures,[233] Ford promptly rolled back the new enforcement provisions the next day and reopened playgrounds, while keeping other outdoor amenities closed.[234][235]

Over the weekend following the introduction of new orders, calls for Ford's resignation over his handling of the COVID-19 crisis grew,[236][237][238] In April 2021, Ford revealed that he had been in isolation following contact with one of his staffers, who had contracted COVID-19.[239] Ford announced on April 30, 2021, that he had asked the federal government to stop international students from coming into the province in an effort to curb the third wave.[240]

Omicron variant edit

During the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in December 2021 and January 2022, Ford's government announced in December 2021 new restrictions on indoor settings.[241] After growing calls for third or booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines, the government allowed all Ontarians over 18 years of age to receive a third dose on December 20, 2021.[242][241]

On January 3, 2022, Ford announced that Ontario would be moving into modified Step 2 on January 5, closing indoor dining, gyms, movie theatres and schools.[243] These restrictions were lifted on January 31.[244] What followed was the end of all vaccine mandates on March 14, the end of most mask mandates on March 21, and the end of all COVID-19 measures (including the remaining mask requirements) on April 27.[245]

On September 7, 2023, the Ombudsman of Ontario's Investigation into the Ministry of Long-Term Care's oversight into long-term care homes through inspection and enforcement during the Covid-19 pandemic was released.[246] The report detailed the collapse of the LTC inspection system and how the Ministry failed to protect residents by ceasing inspections for the first 7–12 weeks of the pandemic, and by only applying low-level enforcement action for serious infractions. It noted that the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, which came into force in April 2022, could help long-term care homes to be better prepared for future pandemics.

Cabinet mandate letters edit

Mandate letters requested by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation through a freedom of information request were not released to the public, despite being ordered to by the Ontario information and privacy commissioner in 2019.[247] The final appeal of the decision is now being sent to the Supreme Court of Canada.[248]

First nations relations edit

In March 2021, Ford publicly accused MPP Sol Mamakwa of "jumping the line" to receive his second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, despite being eligible to receive it. Mamakwa went to his riding to receive the vaccine as an attempt to prevent vaccine hesitancy amongst his constituents.[249] On Thursday, 11 March 2021, Ford apologised for his remark[250] and later said he "got a little personal" when throwing the accusation at Mamakwa. Mamakwa did not say that he accepted Ford's apology but stated that he appreciated the call from Ford.[251]

In September 2021, an Ontario judge issued an injunction on mining in Wiisinin Zaahgi'igan (an area sacred to the Ginoogaming First Nation peoples).[252] The judge ruled that the Ontario government did not consult with the Ginoogaming as is their constitutional duty.[247]

2022 re-election edit

Main article: 2022 Ontario general election

Ford led the Progressive Conservatives to another majority government in the 2022 provincial election. The PCs gained seven more seats than they had won in 2018.[253]

Political endorsements and ideology edit

 
Ford with Andrew Scheer, former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada

Ford actively supported the two Toronto mayoral campaigns of his brother Rob Ford.[254] In federal politics, Ford supports the Conservative Party of Canada and several provincial conservative parties, including the Alberta United Conservative Party.[255]

In 2018 and 2019, Ford was seen as a staunch critic of the federal government of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Ford opposed the Trudeau government's imposed carbon tax and urged voters to vote out the Trudeau-led Liberals in the 2019 federal election.[256][257] However, since 2020, journalists have noted a change in Ford's attitude towards the Trudeau government. In April 2020, Susan Delacourt of the Toronto Star wrote Ford "forged an unlikely friendship" with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland when combatting the COVID-19 pandemic; in August of that year, Ford praised Freeland's appointment as finance minister. Around this time Ford insisted he was not a partisan politician.[258][259] In March 2022, John Ibbitson of The Globe and Mail wrote that there was a "political bromance" between Ford and Trudeau.[260] In October 2022, Ford said he supported the Trudeau government's invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the Canada convoy protest.[261]

After Ford led the Progressive Conservatives to another majority victory in 2022, his political ideology was described as centrist by columnists Kelly McParland and Susan Delacourt.[262][263]

In 2018, Ford endorsed the economic policies of the Republican Party and the presidency of Donald Trump in the United States, saying his support for Trump is "unwavering".[264] After Trump announced tariffs on Canadian aluminum imports in August 2020, Ford expressed his disapproval, calling Trump's policy "totally unacceptable".[265]

Ford called pro-Palestinian protests in Ontario during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war "hate rallies".[266]

Personal life edit

Family edit

Main article: Ford family (Canada)

Ford and his wife Karla (née Middlebrook) have four daughters: Krista,[267] Kayla, Kara, and Kyla.[268]

In 2018, Ford's sister in law, through his late brother, Rob, sued Doug and Randy for mismanagement of Rob's estate, saying their actions deprived her and her children of due compensation while overseeing business losses at Deco Labels totalling half of the company's market value. In response, Doug alleged that the claims and the lawsuit's timing in the same week as the 2018 Ontario election amounted to extortion.[269][270]

Ford's mother Diane died from cancer in January 2020.[271][272][273][274][275]

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ford's daughter Krista has controversially engaged in the spread of COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories. In December 2021, Krista and her husband participated in The Christian Fight for Freedom, a panel discussion which included discussions that were anti-vaccine and anti-mask in nature. The event was advertised as having special guests "Dave and Krista Haynes, family of the premier Doug Ford".[276]

Health edit

Ford became an "ethical vegetarian" after working in a meatpacking plant as a teenager,[277] and while this is no longer the case, he still does not eat red meat.[278] Ford, who is obese,[279] has struggled with his weight at least since 2012, when he publicly attempted a weight loss challenge.[279] Ford is occasionally fat shamed in the media, having been previously called "unfashionably overweight".[280][281]

Philanthropy edit

In 2014, Doug and his mother donated $90,000 to Humber River Hospital, where Rob Ford was receiving care.[282] Upon Rob's death, Doug and Randy took on stewardship of Rob's share of Deco Labels and Tags.[283]

Electoral record edit

Municipal election record edit

2010 Toronto election, Ward 2
Candidate Votes %
Doug Ford 12,660 71.68
Cadigia Ali 2,346 13.28
Luciano Rizzuti 828 4.69
Rajinder Lall 736 4.17
Andrew Saikaley 637 3.60
Jason Pedlar 455 2.58
Total 17,662 100.00
2014 Toronto mayoral election
Candidate Votes[284] %
John Tory 394,775 40.28
Doug Ford 330,610 33.73
Olivia Chow 227,003 23.15
64 other candidates 7,913 2.84
Total 980,177 100.00

Ontario PC Party leadership election edit

2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
Candidate Ballot 1 Ballot 2 Ballot 3
Name Votes Points Votes Change Points Change Votes Change Points Change
Christine Elliott 23,237
36.28%		 4,187
34.13%		 24,138
37.99%		 901
1.71%		 4,394
35.82%		 207
1.69%		 32,202
51.74%		 8,064
13.75%		 6,049
49.38%		 1,655
13.56%
Doug Ford 20,363
31.80%		 4,091
33.35%		 27,812
43.77%		 7,449
11.97		 5,652
46.08%		 1,561
12.73%		 30,041
48.26%		 2,229
4.49%		 6,202
50.62%		 550
4.54%
Caroline Mulroney 11,099
17.33%		 2,107
17.18%		 11,595
18.25%		 496
0.92%		 2,221
18.11%		 114
0.93%		 eliminated
Tanya Granic Allen 9,344
14.596%		 1,882
15.34%		 eliminated
Total 64,043 12,267 63,545 −498 12,267 0 62,243 −1,302 12,251 −16

Provincial election record edit

2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Doug Ford 19,055 52.48 +29.73
New Democratic Mahamud Amin 9,210 25.37 −0.84
Liberal Shafiq Qaadri 6,601 18.18 −26.73
Green Nancy Kaur Ghuman 1,026 2.83 +0.33
Libertarian Brianne Lefebvre 414 1.14 +1.14
Total valid votes 36,306 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +15.30
Source: Elections Ontario[285]


2022 Ontario general election: Etobicoke North
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Doug Ford 13,934 55.51 +3.02 $80,899
Liberal Julie Lutete 5,884 23.44 +5.26 $61,441
New Democratic Aisha Jahangir 3,290 13.11 −12.26 $20,065
Ontario Party Andy D'Andrea 782 3.12   $6,413
Green Gabriel Blanc 690 2.75 −0.08 $301
New Blue Victor Ehikwe 391 1.56   $10,802
People's Political Party Carol Royer 132 0.53   $950
Total valid votes/Expense limit 25,013 99.22 +0.34 $105,547
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 198 0.78 -0.34
Turnout 25,301 33.98 −16.60
Eligible voters 75,388
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −1.12
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. from the original on May 18, 2023.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. from the original on May 21, 2023.

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doug, ford, other, people, named, disambiguation, douglas, robert, ford, born, november, 1964, canadian, politician, businessman, served, 26th, current, premier, ontario, since, june, 2018, leader, progressive, conservative, party, since, march, 2018, represen. For other people named Doug Ford see Doug Ford disambiguation Douglas Robert Ford Jr MPP born November 20 1964 is a Canadian politician and businessman who has served as the 26th and current premier of Ontario since June 2018 and leader of the Progressive Conservative PC Party since March 2018 He represents the Toronto riding of Etobicoke North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario The HonourableDoug FordMPPFord in 202326th Premier of OntarioIncumbentAssumed office June 29 2018MonarchsElizabeth II Charles IIILieutenant GovernorElizabeth Dowdeswell Edith DumontDeputyChristine Elliott Sylvia JonesPreceded byKathleen WynneMinister of Intergovernmental AffairsIncumbentAssumed office June 29 2018PremierHimselfPreceded byKathleen WynneLeader of the Progressive Conservative Party of OntarioIncumbentAssumed office March 10 2018Preceded byVic Fedeli interim Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Etobicoke NorthIncumbentAssumed office June 7 2018Preceded byShafiq QaadriToronto City Councillorfor Ward 2 Etobicoke NorthIn office December 1 2010 November 30 2014Preceded byRob FordSucceeded byRob FordPersonal detailsBornDouglas Robert Ford Jr 1964 11 20 November 20 1964 age 59 Etobicoke Ontario CanadaPolitical partyProgressive ConservativeSpouseKarla MiddlebrookRelationsRob Ford brother Michael Ford nephew Children4 including Krista ParentsDoug Ford Sr father Ruth Diane Campbell mother Residence s Princess Gardens Etobicoke TorontoAlma materHumber College no degree 1 OccupationBusinessmanpoliticianWebsitefordmpp wbr ca With his brother Randy Ford co owns Deco Labels and Tags a printing business operating in Canada and the United States that was founded by their father Doug Ford Sr who served as a Member of Provincial Parliament MPP from 1995 to 1999 Ford was a Toronto city councillor for Ward 2 Etobicoke North from 2010 to 2014 at the same time that his brother Rob Ford was mayor of Toronto Ford ran for the 2014 Toronto mayoral election where he placed second behind John Tory In 2018 Ford won the party leadership election of the PC Party and led the PCs to majority victories in the 2018 and 2022 general elections Contents 1 Early life family and education 2 Early business career 3 Early involvement in politics 4 Municipal politics 4 1 Boards and agencies 4 2 Other events while councillor 4 3 Aspirations for higher office and 2014 mayoral candidacy 4 4 Ford Nation book 4 5 Integrity commissioner ruling against Ford 4 6 Cancelled 2018 Toronto mayoral campaign 5 Entering provincial politics 5 1 2018 Progressive Conservative leadership campaign 5 2 2018 Ontario general election 6 Premier of Ontario 6 1 Provincial finances 6 1 1 Liquor pricing 6 1 2 Low Income Individuals and Families Tax credit LIFT 6 1 3 Cap and trade 6 1 4 Carbon tax 6 2 Healthcare 6 2 1 Ontario Health 6 2 2 Bill 60 6 3 Education 6 3 1 2022 CUPE strike 6 4 Municipal affairs 6 4 1 Toronto City Council 6 4 2 Public transit 6 4 3 Municipal spending cuts 6 4 4 Bill 66 6 4 5 Strong mayor powers 6 4 6 Greenbelt controversy and housing affordability 6 5 Hydro 6 6 Public safety 6 6 1 Cannabis 6 7 Political patronage controversies 6 8 COVID 19 pandemic 6 8 1 Initial outbreak 6 8 2 Third wave 6 8 3 Omicron variant 6 9 Cabinet mandate letters 6 10 First nations relations 6 11 2022 re election 7 Political endorsements and ideology 8 Personal life 8 1 Family 8 2 Health 8 3 Philanthropy 9 Electoral record 9 1 Municipal election record 9 2 Ontario PC Party leadership election 9 3 Provincial election record 10 References 10 1 Works cited 11 Further reading 12 External linksEarly life family and education editBorn in Etobicoke Ontario Ford was the second of four children of Doug Bruce Ford Sr and Ruth Diane Ford nee Campbell 2 3 4 His paternal grandparents were English immigrants 5 He graduated grade twelve from Scarlett Heights Collegiate Institute 6 He then attended Humber College for two months before dropping out with no degree 7 8 9 Early business career editIn the 1990s Ford became involved in the running of Deco Labels and Tags a business co founded by his father in 1962 10 11 The company makes pressure sensitive labels for plastic wrapped grocery products 12 Doug Jr became president of the company in 2002 and was responsible for the company s expansion into Chicago 11 Nearing his death his father divided up the company leaving 40 percent to Doug Jr 40 percent to Randy and 20 percent to Rob In 2008 Doug Jr launched the purchase of Wise Tag and Label in New Jersey and fired Wise Tag s manager Former Deco employees suggest that the Chicago branch was well managed under Doug Jr and that he was well liked but that the company declined under Randy s leadership after Doug Jr entered politics in 2010 13 11 As of 2011 update Ford and his mother were directors of the company managed by his brother Randy 12 14 Early involvement in politics editFord s first involvement in politics came when Doug Holyday approached Deco to print stickers for signs for his 1994 mayoral campaign in Etobicoke Ford took it upon himself to canvass for Holyday 15 He then assisted in his father s campaigns as a PC MPP candidate in 1995 and 1999 16 He also ran his brother Rob s council campaigns in 2000 2003 and 2006 and Rob s winning mayoral campaign in 2010 4 Municipal politics editOn October 25 2010 Ford was elected as councillor to Toronto City Council in Ward 2 He succeeded his brother Rob who ran successfully for mayor of Toronto Upon election Doug Ford announced that he would donate his 100 000 annual salary to community organizations 17 nbsp Doug Ford in 2011 As a city councillor Ford voted to privatize garbage pickup west of Yonge Street clarification needed declare the Toronto Transit Commission an essential service reduce the office budget of city councillors and eliminate the vehicle registration tax 18 Boards and agencies edit While on city council Ford served on the board of Build Toronto 19 an arm s length city body responsible for developing and selling city land He was also a director of the Canadian National Exhibition and served on the Budget Committee the Civic Appointments Committee and the Government Management Committee at Council 20 Ford was a member of the board of Toronto Transit Infrastructure Limited a corporation set up to finance a Sheppard Avenue subway extension which Council later cancelled In 2011 Ford promoted an alternative plan for the Port Lands district of Toronto including a monorail a boat in hotel the world s largest Ferris wheel and a mega mall 21 The plan was ridiculed in the media and council voted it down including by members of the mayoral executive committee 22 Other events while councillor edit Ford caused controversy after revealing that his brother Rob would be served a subpoena if Rob s friend and driver Alexander Lisi went to court over charges of extortion 23 Ford commented that the subpoena was in payback for Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair not getting a contract renewal with the Toronto Police Service saying This is why we need a change at the top in regards to Blair s contract 24 Blair filed a defamation lawsuit demanding a written apology in exchange for dropping the suit Ford apologized and retracted the comments 25 An investigative report by The Globe and Mail published in May 2013 alleged that Ford had sold hashish at James Gardens for several years in the 1980s 26 27 based on interviews with anonymous sources 28 Ford who had never been charged with drug possession or trafficking denied the allegations 29 and accused the newspaper of unfairly targeting his brother then mayor Rob Ford The newspaper defended its report and its use of anonymous sources at an Ontario Press Council hearing 27 30 which dismissed complaints against the newspaper and found that its coverage was fair and ethical 31 Ford said at the time that he planned to sue the newspaper for libel 32 When asked in a 2018 interview why he had not sued he replied that he had decided a lawsuit would be a waste of time 33 Ford opposed a house for developmentally disabled youth in his ward saying the home had ruined the community 34 Aspirations for higher office and 2014 mayoral candidacy edit nbsp Doug Ford at a 2014 parade In June 2013 Ford announced that he would not run for re election as councillor in the next Toronto election scheduled for 2014 I won t be running next time at least down here I won t be running I ll be running away from this place in 16 months expressing his frustration with municipal politics 35 It was speculated at the time that Ford may be a Progressive Conservative candidate for a future Ontario election or interested in the leadership of the PCs 36 On February 20 2014 after meeting with PC leader Tim Hudak Ford announced that he would not be a candidate in the next provincial election which was called for June 12 2014 so that he could focus on his brother s re election campaign Ford explained The timing right now just doesn t work 37 After his brother Rob entered drug rehab in May 2014 Ford commented that he would not rule out running for mayor 38 Rob returned from rehab and continued his campaign for mayor but withdrew after he was diagnosed with an abdominal tumour and hospitalized Doug Ford then entered the mayoral campaign in the last hour before the nomination deadline on September 12 2014 39 Comments Ford made during the campaign received criticism for alleged bigotry such as misogyny and antisemitism and critics accused him of conflict of interest and of drug dealing in the past 40 Though voters viewed the brothers as having the same ideological stance and gave them similar levels of support 41 Rob s drug scandal received little attention with regard to Doug s campaign 42 Ford s campaign got the attention of Last Week Tonight s John Oliver who closed an episode begging Torontonians to vote for Doug Ford for the world s amusement 43 Doug Ford maintained the support that Rob had in the polls and made no significant ground against frontrunner John Tory but maintained his lead over Olivia Chow Ford lost the election to Tory having 34 percent of the support compared to Tory s 40 percent Ford s campaign was fined 11 950 for placing 478 illegal lawn signs during the campaign including placing signs on the Don Valley Parkway the Gardiner Expressway and on civic buildings and parks 44 Following his unsuccessful mayoral candidacy there was speculation that Ford would become a candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Ford told reporters It s on the table I would really consider it and added Our campaign is ready to go Our people are itching to get involved We are miles ahead of the other candidates 45 On November 27 2014 Ford announced that he would not be a candidate for the position and endorsed the candidacy of family friend Christine Elliott 46 Ford Nation book edit A book by Doug and Rob Ford titled Ford Nation Two Brothers One Vision The True Story of the People s Mayor appeared in 2016 47 Integrity commissioner ruling against Ford edit In December 2016 the City of Toronto s integrity commissioner concluded that Ford broke the city s code of conduct when he was a councillor finding that Ford improperly used his influence in municipal matters pertaining to two companies that were clients of his family s company Integrity Commissioner Valerie Jepson ruled that Councillor Ford took no steps to establish clear lines of separation between his responsibilities as a member of Council and his duties as a principal of Deco 48 Since Ford was no longer a councillor by the time the ruling was issued the commissioner did not recommend any sanctions for Ford 49 Cancelled 2018 Toronto mayoral campaign edit On September 9 2017 Ford announced at his family s annual barbecue that he would run for mayor of Toronto in the 2018 election saying this one s for you Robbie referring to his younger brother Rob who had died the previous year 50 Ford said that his opponent John Tory was all talk and broken promises 51 On February 1 2018 Ford announced that he no longer planned to run for mayor that year because he intended to focus entirely on his campaign for Ontario PC leader 52 Entering provincial politics edit2018 Progressive Conservative leadership campaign edit Ford for LeaderCandidateDoug FordAffiliationProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioStatusWonHeadquartersTorontoSloganStrong Party Strong OntarioWebsitefordforleader wbr ca Main article 2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election nbsp Top map Results of the first round by plurality of points Bottom map Results of the 3rd final round by plurality of points Following the sudden resignation of Patrick Brown on January 25 2018 the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario announced a new leader would need to be chosen before the 2018 Ontario general election in June Ford was the first candidate to announce on January 29 that he would seek the leadership of the party 53 54 On January 31 2018 Ford announced he would seek the PC nomination in Etobicoke North and run for the seat in the 2018 election 55 He was one of the four official candidates running for the PC leadership along with Christine Elliott Caroline Mulroney and Tanya Granic Allen 56 Ford promised to represent the interests of Northern Ontario in Queen s Park He called his opponents insiders and political elites who did not represent the interests of the residents of Northern Ontario like he could Ford pledged several northern focused policy initiatives including moving forward with resource development in the Northern Ontario Ring of Fire and reinstating the Ontario Northland Railway s Northlander train service 57 Ford called the Ontario health care system broken while relating the hospital experience of his brother Rob He explained that Rob fell while being guided to a chair and as the hospital was understaffed Doug had to rush down eleven floors to find security guards to help He stated that the province should support transportation to allow Northern Ontarians to travel quickly and easily to the south to receive medical care and should increase provincial support for Ontario s small and medium sized hospitals 57 58 Polling results ahead of the leadership ballot were mixed A February Ipsos Global News poll found that Ford had the most support of all the PC leadership candidates in Toronto and would beat the Liberals in the city by nine points but a Mainstreet poll showed him doing only marginally better than the other PC candidates except Patrick Brown and a Forum Research poll suggested he would have less support than the other candidates 59 On March 10 Ford won the PC leadership on the third ballot The results were too close to call and there was a dispute over whether some votes were allocated to the correct electoral districts so the announcement was not made at the originally scheduled convention A news conference was held later that night after a recount was completed Elliott conceded the next day and endorsed Ford as leader 56 On March 27 2018 Ford was named the party s candidate in Etobicoke North 60 2018 Ontario general election edit Main article 2018 Ontario general election In March 2018 the Liberals tabled a pre election budget in the provincial legislature which promised billions of dollars in new spending for free childcare and expanded coverage for dental care but replaced the government s previous balanced budget with a 6 7 billion deficit projected to last until 2024 2025 61 Ford called the budget a spending spree 62 He said he would condense the Conservative platform adopted under former leader Patrick Brown reducing about ten percent of it 63 into a five point plan focusing on health education creating jobs getting rid of the province s cap and trade program for carbon emissions and reducing electricity rates 64 65 66 Ford was critical of the sex education components of the Ontario health curriculum which was updated in 2015 and stated that he believed it needed to be reviewed 67 68 He suggested that minors should be required to consult their parents before obtaining an abortion and indicated he would allow the introduction of a private member s bill requiring parental consent 69 In terms of economic policy Ford said he would revive manufacturing in Ontario by easing regulations cutting taxes and ensuring competitive electricity rates 64 Ford criticized the Liberal government for not proceeding quickly enough to develop the Northern Ontario Ring of Fire saying that he d get on a bulldozer himself if necessary 70 71 nbsp Ford campaigning in Sudbury during the election Ford announced at an April 3 rally in Hamilton Ontario that if elected his government would allow Hamilton City Council to reallocate the 1 3 billion allocated for the city s proposed rapid transit system to roads or other infrastructure 72 Hamilton mayor Fred Eisenberger responded saying that city council had already decided the issue and that cancelling the LRT would mean 100 million would be thrown away 73 Ford and the PC Party received the endorsement of former Toronto mayor Mel Lastman and former Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion In the media Ford was compared to U S President Donald Trump 74 75 76 The Guardian described Ford as a businessman turned anti establishment politician a son of a wealthy entrepreneur who rails against elites and often shuns expertise while noting a sharp difference with Trump by pointing out that during his 2014 Toronto mayoral campaign Ford drummed up strong support among some of the city s most diverse neighbourhoods suggesting his populist touch resonates with immigrants and racialized minorities who have traditionally self identified as disenfranchised 75 Ford rejected the comparisons while praising some of Trump s policies 77 Ford led the PC Party to a majority government in the general election held on June 7 2018 taking 76 of 124 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 78 including his own riding of Etobicoke North 79 Ford had been PC leader for less than 100 days when his party won the election 80 Premier of Ontario editMain article Premiership of Doug Ford Ford was sworn in as premier on June 29 2018 incorporating a ceremony outdoors on the lawn of Queen s Park 81 Ford is the first newly elected MPP to take office as premier since Mitch Hepburn did so in 1934 82 Provincial finances edit Ford s government cancelled the basic income pilot project 83 He opposes the laying off of government workers He supports the use of attrition to eliminate government jobs that he believes are not needed 84 Ford believes in hiring independent auditors to audit government spending 85 86 Liquor pricing edit Ford campaigned on buck a beer and reduced the minimum price of beer from 1 25 to 1 87 The program saw low adoption by breweries and resellers 88 As a result of lowering the price floor a regulation that capped annual increases in pricing that was tied to the Consumer Price Index CPI was also eliminated and is projected to result in increased prices overall 89 Low Income Individuals and Families Tax credit LIFT edit On November 15 2018 Finance Minister Vic Fedeli tabled the 2018 Ontario Economic Outlook 90 which included a tax cut representing as much as 850 a year for individuals and 1 700 for couples LIFT would mean that a single person working full time in minimum wage job would pay no provincial personal income tax 91 Minimum wage workers would still pay federal income tax which represents 75 percent of the tax rate 92 LIFT is a variation on Ford s promise to cut taxes on those making less than 30 000 a year 92 The amount of the tax credit applies only to minimum wage earners with full time jobs An individual who works part time at 20 an hour but only earns 20 000 a year would not be eligible 92 Economist Sheila Block said that a 15 minimum wage would represent about 1 100 more a year for low income earners than Ford s tax credit 92 In September 2018 Ford s government froze the minimum wage at 14 per hour and cancelled a planned increase 93 Cap and trade edit On June 15 2018 then premier designate Ford announced in a statement that one of the first actions of his newly formed cabinet would be to eliminate the province s cap and trade program under the 2016 Climate Change Mitigation and Low Carbon Economy Act a polluter pay bill that generated funds for climate change mitigation and adaptation 94 put in place by the Liberal government 95 96 As premier through the Cap and Trade Cancellation Act 2018 which was tabled on July 25 2018 Ford repealed cap and trade as part of his promise to lower gasoline prices by 10 cents per litre 95 97 98 A court later ruled that as Ontario s Environmental Bill of Rights required the government hold public consultations before removing the program the government s unilateral decision broke the law 99 As federal law requires provinces to have in place their own pollution pricing system as a result of Ontario withdrawing from the Western Climate Initiative a carbon tax was automatically imposed on the province 100 Carbon tax edit nbsp Carbon tax decals on gas pumps in Ontario mandated by the Ford government during the 2019 federal election Ford had warned that the imposition of the federal carbon tax would result in an increase in the price of gas in Ontario According to fuel price analyst Patrick DeHaan the average retail price of gas increased from 114 3 cents per litre before the carbon tax to 117 9 cents on April 1 the first day of the new tax and 125 3 cents per litre in mid July There has been a 9 2 per cent drop in gasoline prices across Canada over the last year according to the July 17 2019 Statistics Canada report which resulted in inflation falling nationally in June 2019 to 2 0 per cent DeHaan said that in July 2018 the average price of gas in Ontario had been 130 1 cents per litre 101 He added that the retail price of gas reflects the drop in the price of oil prices from US 72 per barrel to US 60 a barrel in 2019 and is not related to the carbon tax 101 As a result rebates for electric vehicles funded through the program were cancelled 102 and a program known as the Green Ontario Fund which was financed by the proceeds of cap and trade auctions and aimed to help homeowners reduce their carbon footprint and reduce hydro bills was eliminated 103 In July Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that provinces that do not adopt a carbon pricing mechanism by September 1 2018 would be subject to a federal carbon tax of 20 tonne starting in January 2019 104 Ontario s fiscal watchdog 91 and other analysts said that the province will have to refund an estimated 3 billion in carbon credits over four years purchased under the cap and trade program 105 By mid November 2018 The Globe and Mail reported that the Ontario government had lost 2 7 billion in revenue which included the 1 5 billion loss of revenue from the elimination of the cap and trade program 91 Ford has worked with the premiers of Saskatchewan Manitoba and New Brunswick to fight the federal government s carbon tax legislation 106 and has also supported campaigns to repeal the carbon tax led by federal Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer and Alberta United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney 107 Ford believes the federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act which imposes a carbon tax on provinces that do not have their own pollution pricing regime is unconstitutional 100 He committed 30 million to challenge the federal legislation 4 million of which was spent on anti carbon pricing advertisements including printing anti carbon pricing stickers and imposing fines for gas station owners failing to display the stickers 108 The province mandating the display of the stickers was later ruled to be itself unconstitutional in violation of section 2 b of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which guarantees business owners freedom of expression 109 On March 25 2021 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the constitution allows for the federal government to introduce pollution pricing on behalf of provinces who do not have their own regime 110 111 Healthcare edit In 2018 Ford expressed support for publicly funded healthcare and a belief that funding should be increased to create 30 000 additional long term care beds 112 In 2020 Ford s government spent 3 5 billion less on health care than budgeted 113 In 2018 Ford said he believes that the provincial government should fully subsidize dental costs for low income seniors 114 Ontario Health edit Main article Ontario Health agency The Ford government introduced the Ontario Health agency in 2019 with the goal of centralizing services 115 The province expects to save 350 million a year by 2021 22 116 The introduction of the agency has been criticized however as similar approach was introduced in Alberta which has the highest per capita healthcare spending in the country 117 with the NDP noting that In British Columbia and in Alberta health centralization wasted billions of dollars 118 and as wasting time money and energy on reshaping the health bureaucracy rather than specific solutions to well identified problems 119 Bill 60 edit Ford has been accused of attempting to privatize healthcare in the province of Ontario 120 121 122 In August 2022 Ford suggested additional private deliveries of healthcare in order to supplement existing public healthcare in response to a hospital staff shortage throughout Ontario 120 In May 2023 Ford s government passed Bill 60 also known as the Your Health Act to allow private clinics to perform more surgeries including cataract surgeries minimally invasive gynecological surgeries and eventually knee and hip replacements and procedures including MRI and CT scans covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan OHIP Health Minister Sylvia Jones argued the legislation was necessary to reduce the province s large surgical backlog according to the province more than 200 000 Ontarians have been waiting for surgeries Ford s government said new clinics must apply for a licence to operate and include thorough staffing plans to protect the stability of doctors nurses and other health care workers at public hospitals as part of their applications To ensure that quality and safety standards are met at every clinic the government declared that it will name expert organizations to collaborate with Ontario Health and the Ministry of Health If necessary the ministry or the director of this third party may order an examination of a facility 123 124 Education edit Immediately after taking office in 2018 Ford proposed to cut 3 475 Ontario teaching jobs over four years to save 292 million a year 125 Ford also cancelled the Green Ontario Fund residential rebate program which included a 100 million fund for public school repair free prescriptions to youth 24 and under and an initiative to add indigenous peoples content to school curriculum 126 127 and eliminated free tuition for low income students while reducing tuition fees by 10 per cent 128 On July 11 2018 Ford announced that Ontario s health curriculum including sexual education components updated by the previous government in 2015 would be reverted to the 1998 curriculum before the next school year 129 He pledged to create a new sex education curriculum after consulting with parents and teachers 130 Ford stated the sex education curriculum needed to be changed because it was not age appropriate and not based on enough consultation 131 Ford believes that financial literacy education should be expanded and included in school curricula 132 and believes Ontario s math curriculum should drop discovery learning and put a greater emphasis on arithmetic and memorization of the multiplication table 133 Ford used back to work legislation to end the 2018 strike at York University prior to the start of the 2018 2019 school year 134 The strike had gone on for over four months making it the longest post secondary strike in Canadian history Ford ordered all public universities and colleges in Ontario to develop free speech policies that meet his government s expectations and stated that universities and colleges that do not comply will face funding reductions 135 By June 2019 the Ford government had removed or decreased funding for school programs like after school jobs for youth in low income neighbourhoods tutors in classrooms daily physical activity for elementary students financial assistance for college and university students free tuition for low income students and three satellite university campuses He also increased class sizes and cancelled three summer curriculum writing sessions one mandated by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and two others 136 2022 CUPE strike edit Ford s government introduced Bill 28 known as the Keeping Students in Class Act 137 which was passed by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on November 3 2022 amid ongoing labour negotiations with the Canadian Union of Public Employees CUPE 138 CUPE had given notice of job action October 30 after negotiations broke down with the Ministry of Education and would have been in a legal strike position on November 4 139 Bill 28 imposes a contract on CUPE and makes it illegal to strike setting fines of 4000 for workers 139 The bill invokes the notwithstanding clause shielding it from being struck down by the courts by allowing the bill to operate despite the right to collective bargaining granted by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 139 140 The legislation was widely condemned including by opposition parties the Canadian Civil Liberties Association Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti the Ontario Bar Association and other unions including those which had previously endorsed the PC Party 140 141 142 143 Despite the government s bill CUPE went on strike anyway resulting in province wide school closures and protests in support of education workers 144 145 The government challenged CUPE at the Ontario Labour Relations Board 145 On November 7 2022 Ford announced that he would rescind Bill 28 146 and that he would resume negotiations with CUPE 147 Following the strike Ford said he did not regret his use of the notwithstanding clause in imposing the contract and said that it helped both sides come to their senses 148 Municipal affairs edit Prior to his election as premier Ford was a Toronto city councillor during the tenure of his brother Rob Ford as mayor of Toronto In 2014 Doug took over this brother s mayoral campaign running against Olivia Chow and eventual winner John Tory Provincially Ford s riding as a member of Provincial Parliament is in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke Toronto City Council edit Main article 2018 Toronto municipal election Ford believes that the constitution does not prevent provincial governments from changing the size of municipal councils even after an election campaign has already begun 149 After his government s legislation to reduce the number of wards represented at Toronto City Council was ruled unconstitutional Ford pledged to invoke section 33 s notwithstanding clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which would allow him to bypass the Charter and implement the legislation regardless of the court s ruling 149 The Ontario Court of Appeal later ruled in Ford s favour and allowed his modification to the council The matter was further appealed by the City of Toronto and is now under consideration by the Supreme Court 150 Public transit edit Ford is a proponent of subways He believed that the provincial government should assume control over the Toronto subway 151 In February 2020 Ford and Toronto Mayor John Tory signed a preliminary agreement which would see the province assume sole responsibility for the planning design and construction for Ontario Line the three stop Line 2 subway extension into Scarborough the Yonge North subway extension and the Eglinton Crosstown west extension 152 In 2020 construction began on the Hurontario LRT line in Mississauga and Brampton 153 Municipal spending cuts edit In 2019 the government announced that it would adjust the cost sharing arrangement for Toronto Public Health and Toronto Paramedic Services resulting in retroactive cuts that would total 177 million a year and 1 billion cut in Toronto over 10 years 154 155 The cuts were criticized by City officials including Medical Officer of Health Dr Eileen de Villa Health board chair Joe Cressy and Mayor John Tory 156 The City projected that the additional financial pressure resulting from would result in further cuts to municipal services or increased taxes 155 Amidst backlash Ford announced that the province would keep the cost sharing arrangement and re evaluate it at the end of the fiscal year 155 Bill 66 edit On December 6 2018 the Ford government tabled its omnibus bill Bill 66 The bill allows municipalities to request a provincial government override of any regulations that currently deter businesses from locating in the region 157 158 159 Ford s political opponents and groups that promote environmental protection raised concerns that the opaque vague language in Bill 66 could mean clean water regulations and other bylaws that protect environmentally sensitive land could be bypassed 157 According to a December 7 Globe and Mail article under Bill 66 municipalities would only be required to obtain permission from the minister of municipal affairs to override sections of the 2006 Clean Water Act the 2015 Great Lakes Protection Act the 2006 Lake Simcoe Protection Act and the 2005 Greenbelt Act 160 Strong mayor powers edit In September 2022 Ford s government passed the Strong Mayors Building Homes Act that grants extra powers to the mayor of Toronto and the mayor of Ottawa within their mayor council governments The Act grants the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa direct control over the drafting of city budgets the appointments and dismissals of their city managers and department leaders except police chiefs fire chiefs or auditors general vetoes over laws that may conflict with provincial priorities which may be overturned if a supermajority of two thirds of city councillors voted to do so and the creation and reorganisation of municipal administrative departments 161 162 Greenbelt controversy and housing affordability edit Main article Ontario minister s zoning orders controversy Before Ford was first elected in 2018 a video emerged of him informing developers that he would open up a big chunk of the Greenbelt if elected 163 After a public outcry Ford said he would replace any removed land and that his goal was to increase supply to reduce housing costs Pre election Ford also pledged not to remove Rent Control stating I have listened to the people and I won t take rent control away from anyone Period When it comes to rent control we re going to maintain the status quo After taking office Rent Control for all newly built or newly converted rental units was removed as a measure to incentivize developers to build more apartments to help landlords cover costs and make profit and to keep condo investors buying 164 After re election in 2022 and amidst a worsening housing and affordability crisis Ford became embroiled in controversy over properties released from Greenbelt protection 165 One developer had purchased property shortly before the decision was made A total of 7 400 acres of Greenbelt land was removed while 9 400 acres of land was added 166 Ford has disagreed with criticism regarding his friendships with developers saying no one can influence the Fords 167 Specifically he called questions about the optics of developers attending his daughter s pre wedding party in August 2022 ridiculous Ford sought clearance for the event from the Integrity Commissioner in January 2023 168 In February 2023 the Ontario Provincial Police anti rackets branch were still looking into complaints about his government s decision to open up a portion of the Greenbelt for development 169 The OPP asked the RCMP to take over the file in August 2023 in order to avoid any perceived conflict of interest 170 On August 9 2023 the Auditor General released a report on the Greenbelt swap out which found the government s flawed process had favoured certain developers who stood to earn over 8 billion 171 The AG also confirmed that alterations to the Greenbelt were not necessary to reach Ontario s housing target and that Housing Minister Steve Clark s chief of staff failed to consider environmental agricultural and financial risks and impacts 172 Calls from the opposition for Clark to resign were resisted by Ford and Clark himself but Clark s chief of staff stepped down At the end of August Ontario s Integrity Commissioner found Clark had broken ethics rules and on September 4 Clark tendered his resignation and was replaced by Paul Calandra 173 The following day Ford reiterated he would follow 14 of the Auditor General s 15 recommendations but would proceed with allowing the construction of affordable homes under 500 000 for newcomers and young people on the Greenbelt 174 He also stated more applications to remove land from the Greenbelt would be reviewed 175 He did not answer a reporter s question about reinstating Rent Control nor did he comment on calls from First Nation Chiefs across Ontario to return traditional territories to the Greenbelt 176 On September 20 another minister from Ford s cabinet Kaleed Rasheed resigned over his relationship with a developer involved in the Greenbelt land swap 177 The next day Ford announced that after continuous backlash from constituents and two reports regarding the flawed process of opening the Greenbelt he would reverse his decision to open the Greenbelt to development He apologized to the people of Ontario and promised to encourage building within urban boundaries 178 On October 10 the RCMP announced it was opening a criminal investigation into the allegations around developer favouritism in the Greenbelt land swap process used by the Province of Ontario 179 On October 16 Minister Calandra tabled a bill that would restore the Greenbelt lands removed in 2022 and that any future changes to the Greenbelt would have to go through the legislature 180 Hydro edit During his election campaign Ford had promised to lower Ontario s electricity rates by 12 percent 181 182 86 During his campaign in April 2018 he announced that in order to reduce electricity rates 64 he would redirect the province s dividends from partial ownership of Hydro One to subsidize market electricity rates as well as absorbing the cost of conservation programs currently paid for by consumers at an estimated cost of 800 million per year 183 Ford attacked Hydro One CEO Mayo Schmidt calling him Kathleen Wynne s 6 million dollar man in reference to his reported annual salary and called on the utility s board of directors to resign 184 185 Ford vowed to fire them all if elected although PC energy critic Todd Smith later clarified that the government cannot dismiss Hydro One s CEO directly 186 He opposed his predecessor s decision to privatize Hydro One but does not plan to reverse the decision 187 His government passed legislation to publicly disclose and reduce the salaries of Hydro One s board members and executives 188 On July 11 2018 Hydro One CEO Mayo Schmidt resigned along with the entire board 189 190 According to Bloomberg News by December 5 2018 Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission the state s regulators rejected Hydro One s 3 4 Billion takeover of Avista because of political risks in Ontario from provincial leaders who may not have the company s well being in mind 191 Bloomberg also reported that if the merger was not approved by the state s regulators Hydro One would have to pay CA 138 million break fee Because Hydro One is partially owned by the Ontario government Ontario ratepayers would also be paying the Parent Termination Fee 192 Ford denies that he is to blame for the U S regulators decision 193 Public safety edit Ford came under fire in December 2018 by Ontario Provincial Police OPP Deputy Commissioner Brad Blair who claimed Ford requested the OPP purchase a large camper type vehicle modified to specifications the premier s office would provide and keep the costs off the books The vehicle was intended for the premier to use for work and reportedly was asked to include a swivel chair 194 The accusation followed on the heels of Ford appointing a longtime family friend to be the next OPP commissioner just days after lowering the requirements for the position 195 In response to increasing calls for one Ford has stated he opposes a ban on handguns in Ontario 196 Ford opposes supervised drug injection sites 197 Cannabis edit Ford supports allowing licensed private retailers to sell cannabis rather than a government monopoly like the LCBO 198 Ford opposed the legalization of recreational cannabis 199 On January 22 2019 Huffington Post reported that Ford s youngest daughter Kyla a bodybuilder and fitness trainer had posted videos promoting health benefits of CBD oil a cannabis product which typically does not contain the psychoactive compound present in marijuana 200 Various publications claimed Kyla s promotion wasn t lawful 201 202 203 204 Ford s daughter took down the posts but neither Ford nor his daughter commented on them 200 Political patronage controversies edit In July 2018 Ford hired Rueben Devlin former PC Party president and a Ford family friend as a health care advisor at a salary of 350 000 plus expenses more than Ford s own salary of 208 974 205 206 In December 2018 Bob Paulson who served as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP officer for 32 years including as RCMP commissioner before retiring in 2017 called for an independent third party inquiry into Ford s appointment in December 2018 of Toronto Police Superintendent Ron Taverner who is a long time friend of Ford as the new commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police 195 By March 2019 Taverner had stepped down following months of controversy that triggered an integrity commissioner investigation 207 A June 20 2019 article in the Toronto Star said that Ford had awarded plum patronage posts to two political allies He hired Jag Badwal as Ontario s agent general to Britain and the United States with an annual salary of 185 000 208 Ford named Earl Provost as Ontario s agent general to Chicago 208 On June 28 2019 Ford s chief of staff Dean French resigned amid a patronage scandal 209 According to a Globe and Mail article French resigned after it was revealed that two people with personal ties to French 26 year old Tyler Albrecht and Taylor Shields were appointed to lucrative positions in New York and London 210 211 The Toronto Sun reported in a June 27 2019 article that 26 year old Tyler Albrecht who had a thin resume was proposed for a job that paid 165 000 a year plus housing and other expenses as Ontario s new trade rep in New York City His qualification was that he played lacrosse with French s son 212 TVO s Steve Paikin cited the example of Taylor Shields who is French s wife s cousin who was appointed as the trade representative in London England 210 with a salary of 185 000 plus expenses 211 Just hours before French resigned Ford had cancelled Albrecht s and Shields appointments 211 Thomas Staples who played on St Michael s College Varsity Lacrosse team with French as coach 209 worked in the office of Bill Walker who was chief government whip When Walker became minister of government and consumer services in November 2018 Staples worked as his executive assistant and legislative affairs advisor 213 According to iPolitics Staples had not completed his undergraduate studies and had neither the qualifications nor work experience in politics 213 French s niece Katherine Pal who had been appointed as Ontario s Public Accounts Council resigned after her family ties to French were revealed 213 According to Paikin Pal was well qualified to be Public Accounts Council but she resigned because of the bad optics 210 On July 4 Peter Fenwick who served as Ontario s first strategic transformation adviser since November 2018 was fired when it was revealed in an interview with The Star that Fenwick has been a life insurance customer of French s for at least 20 years 214 On July 10 Andrew Suboch a personal injury and insurance lawyer who had served as chair of the Justices of the Peace Appointments Advisory Committee JPAAC informed the JPAAC that he was resigning immediately after an article in the Globe revealed that Suboch was another of French s long time friends whose sons played lacrosse together for many years 209 211 COVID 19 pandemic edit Main article COVID 19 pandemic in Ontario Initial outbreak edit In December 2019 an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 COVID 19 was first identified in Wuhan Hubei China it spread worldwide and was recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization WHO on March 11 2020 215 216 The first confirmed case in Canada was in Ontario reported on January 27 2020 217 On March 17 Ford declared a state of emergency in Ontario 218 closing bars and restaurants with the exception of take out and delivery services as well as libraries theatres cinemas schools and daycares and all public gatherings of more than 50 people later reduced to 5 people on March 28 219 Furthermore the government announced on March 17 that Ontario had some evidence of community transmission of COVID 19 220 On March 23 Ford announced that all non essential businesses be ordered closed starting 11 59 p m On March 24 Ford also stated that schools would remain closed past the original April 6 opening date on May 19 it was announced that schools would remain closed until the following school year in September 221 222 A list of 74 essential businesses was published later in the day on March 23 223 224 225 On March 25 Ford and Finance Minister Rod Phillips introduced a 17 billion response package that includes an influx of cash for the health sector direct payments to parents and tax breaks for businesses 226 Third wave edit On April 9 2021 Ford received his first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccine at a local pharmacy in Toronto and encouraged eligible Ontarians to get vaccinated 227 Amid growing case numbers in mid 2021 the government moved to introduce a third province wide stay at home order As part of the response Ford announced on April 16 2021 that outdoor amenities including playgrounds would be closed and that he would be authorizing police to require pedestrians and drivers to explain why they are not at home and provide their home address and other relevant details 228 The regulations raised concerns about a re legalization of carding 229 The government experienced significant backlash with the new enforcement measures with some commentators such as the National Post s Randall Denley a former PC politician 230 equating the province to a police state 231 Members of the Ontario COVID 19 Science Table described the new restrictions as absolute madness and not based on science questioning the need to restrict safe options from people as you do nothing to impact the places where the disease is spreading 232 After dozens of police services across the province announced that they would refuse to enforce the new measures 233 Ford promptly rolled back the new enforcement provisions the next day and reopened playgrounds while keeping other outdoor amenities closed 234 235 Over the weekend following the introduction of new orders calls for Ford s resignation over his handling of the COVID 19 crisis grew 236 237 238 In April 2021 Ford revealed that he had been in isolation following contact with one of his staffers who had contracted COVID 19 239 Ford announced on April 30 2021 that he had asked the federal government to stop international students from coming into the province in an effort to curb the third wave 240 Omicron variant edit During the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID 19 in December 2021 and January 2022 Ford s government announced in December 2021 new restrictions on indoor settings 241 After growing calls for third or booster doses of COVID 19 vaccines the government allowed all Ontarians over 18 years of age to receive a third dose on December 20 2021 242 241 On January 3 2022 Ford announced that Ontario would be moving into modified Step 2 on January 5 closing indoor dining gyms movie theatres and schools 243 These restrictions were lifted on January 31 244 What followed was the end of all vaccine mandates on March 14 the end of most mask mandates on March 21 and the end of all COVID 19 measures including the remaining mask requirements on April 27 245 On September 7 2023 the Ombudsman of Ontario s Investigation into the Ministry of Long Term Care s oversight into long term care homes through inspection and enforcement during the Covid 19 pandemic was released 246 The report detailed the collapse of the LTC inspection system and how the Ministry failed to protect residents by ceasing inspections for the first 7 12 weeks of the pandemic and by only applying low level enforcement action for serious infractions It noted that the Fixing Long Term Care Act which came into force in April 2022 could help long term care homes to be better prepared for future pandemics Cabinet mandate letters edit Mandate letters requested by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation through a freedom of information request were not released to the public despite being ordered to by the Ontario information and privacy commissioner in 2019 247 The final appeal of the decision is now being sent to the Supreme Court of Canada 248 First nations relations edit In March 2021 Ford publicly accused MPP Sol Mamakwa of jumping the line to receive his second dose of a COVID 19 vaccine despite being eligible to receive it Mamakwa went to his riding to receive the vaccine as an attempt to prevent vaccine hesitancy amongst his constituents 249 On Thursday 11 March 2021 Ford apologised for his remark 250 and later said he got a little personal when throwing the accusation at Mamakwa Mamakwa did not say that he accepted Ford s apology but stated that he appreciated the call from Ford 251 In September 2021 an Ontario judge issued an injunction on mining in Wiisinin Zaahgi igan an area sacred to the Ginoogaming First Nation peoples 252 The judge ruled that the Ontario government did not consult with the Ginoogaming as is their constitutional duty 247 2022 re election edit Main article 2022 Ontario general election Ford led the Progressive Conservatives to another majority government in the 2022 provincial election The PCs gained seven more seats than they had won in 2018 253 Political endorsements and ideology edit nbsp Ford with Andrew Scheer former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada Ford actively supported the two Toronto mayoral campaigns of his brother Rob Ford 254 In federal politics Ford supports the Conservative Party of Canada and several provincial conservative parties including the Alberta United Conservative Party 255 In 2018 and 2019 Ford was seen as a staunch critic of the federal government of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Ford opposed the Trudeau government s imposed carbon tax and urged voters to vote out the Trudeau led Liberals in the 2019 federal election 256 257 However since 2020 journalists have noted a change in Ford s attitude towards the Trudeau government In April 2020 Susan Delacourt of the Toronto Star wrote Ford forged an unlikely friendship with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland when combatting the COVID 19 pandemic in August of that year Ford praised Freeland s appointment as finance minister Around this time Ford insisted he was not a partisan politician 258 259 In March 2022 John Ibbitson of The Globe and Mail wrote that there was a political bromance between Ford and Trudeau 260 In October 2022 Ford said he supported the Trudeau government s invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the Canada convoy protest 261 After Ford led the Progressive Conservatives to another majority victory in 2022 his political ideology was described as centrist by columnists Kelly McParland and Susan Delacourt 262 263 In 2018 Ford endorsed the economic policies of the Republican Party and the presidency of Donald Trump in the United States saying his support for Trump is unwavering 264 After Trump announced tariffs on Canadian aluminum imports in August 2020 Ford expressed his disapproval calling Trump s policy totally unacceptable 265 Ford called pro Palestinian protests in Ontario during the 2023 Israel Hamas war hate rallies 266 Personal life editFamily edit Main article Ford family Canada Ford and his wife Karla nee Middlebrook have four daughters Krista 267 Kayla Kara and Kyla 268 In 2018 Ford s sister in law through his late brother Rob sued Doug and Randy for mismanagement of Rob s estate saying their actions deprived her and her children of due compensation while overseeing business losses at Deco Labels totalling half of the company s market value In response Doug alleged that the claims and the lawsuit s timing in the same week as the 2018 Ontario election amounted to extortion 269 270 Ford s mother Diane died from cancer in January 2020 271 272 273 274 275 Over the course of the COVID 19 pandemic Ford s daughter Krista has controversially engaged in the spread of COVID 19 misinformation and conspiracy theories In December 2021 Krista and her husband participated in The Christian Fight for Freedom a panel discussion which included discussions that were anti vaccine and anti mask in nature The event was advertised as having special guests Dave and Krista Haynes family of the premier Doug Ford 276 Health edit Ford became an ethical vegetarian after working in a meatpacking plant as a teenager 277 and while this is no longer the case he still does not eat red meat 278 Ford who is obese 279 has struggled with his weight at least since 2012 when he publicly attempted a weight loss challenge 279 Ford is occasionally fat shamed in the media having been previously called unfashionably overweight 280 281 Philanthropy edit In 2014 Doug and his mother donated 90 000 to Humber River Hospital where Rob Ford was receiving care 282 Upon Rob s death Doug and Randy took on stewardship of Rob s share of Deco Labels and Tags 283 Electoral record editMunicipal election record edit 2010 Toronto election Ward 2 Candidate Votes Doug Ford 12 660 71 68 Cadigia Ali 2 346 13 28 Luciano Rizzuti 828 4 69 Rajinder Lall 736 4 17 Andrew Saikaley 637 3 60 Jason Pedlar 455 2 58 Total 17 662 100 00 2014 Toronto mayoral election Candidate Votes 284 John Tory 394 775 40 28 Doug Ford 330 610 33 73 Olivia Chow 227 003 23 15 64 other candidates 7 913 2 84 Total 980 177 100 00 Ontario PC Party leadership election edit 2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election Candidate Ballot 1 Ballot 2 Ballot 3 Name Votes Points Votes Change Points Change Votes Change Points Change Christine Elliott 23 23736 28 4 18734 13 24 13837 99 9011 71 4 39435 82 2071 69 32 20251 74 8 06413 75 6 04949 38 1 65513 56 Doug Ford 20 36331 80 4 09133 35 27 81243 77 7 44911 97 5 65246 08 1 56112 73 30 04148 26 2 2294 49 6 20250 62 5504 54 Caroline Mulroney 11 09917 33 2 10717 18 11 59518 25 4960 92 2 22118 11 1140 93 eliminated Tanya Granic Allen 9 34414 596 1 88215 34 eliminated Total 64 043 12 267 63 545 498 12 267 0 62 243 1 302 12 251 16 Provincial election record edit 2018 Ontario general election Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Doug Ford 19 055 52 48 29 73 New Democratic Mahamud Amin 9 210 25 37 0 84 Liberal Shafiq Qaadri 6 601 18 18 26 73 Green Nancy Kaur Ghuman 1 026 2 83 0 33 Libertarian Brianne Lefebvre 414 1 14 1 14 Total valid votes 36 306 100 0 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