# ![@ColinDMello Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::19089339.png) @ColinDMello Colin D'Mello | Global News

Premier Doug Ford's government is facing criticism over its handling of the auto sector, with the NDP and Liberals accusing him of lacking a plan to address job losses and plant closures. The government is also under fire for its handling of the Skills Development Fund and its decision to eliminate automated speed cameras. Tensions are running high in the legislature, with shouting matches and accusations of corruption.

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### Top Social Posts
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"Ontarios financial watchdog says the province is not currently on a path to balance as spending ticks up and revenue from taxation begins to fall in the face of a cost-of-living crisis. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11663194/fao-path-balance-2026/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11663194/fao-path-balance-2026/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021907427080511616)  2026-02-12T11:21Z 95.8K followers, 16.1K engagements


"As the Canadian Auto Show kicks off in Toronto the Ford government insists its auto strategy has not changed. The majority of the provinces EV investment projects including GM Ford Stellantis and Umicor have all been scrapped of paused. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11663458/ontario-electric-vehicle-strategy-delays/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11663458/ontario-electric-vehicle-strategy-delays/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021918389497696403)  2026-02-12T12:04Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: Premier Doug Ford is unveiling what his government has been internally referring to as "Vegas of the North": The government wants new casinos new attractions and an observation wheel an electric tram - in a bid to make it a year-round week-long destination. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2000592376562122842)  2025-12-15T15:42Z 95.7K followers, 230.1K engagements


"NEW: For the second time in as many days Premier Doug Ford suggested he was willing to back down from his threat to remove Crown Royal from the LCBO but only if his government can extract concessions from Diageo. The company isn't biting. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11624540/crown-royal-olive-branch/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11624540/crown-royal-olive-branch/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2014388131663863910)  2026-01-22T17:22Z 95.7K followers, 11.9K engagements


"Two politicians walk into a pizza shop. #onpoli #cdnpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2015867044256768444)  2026-01-26T19:18Z 95.6K followers, 214.2K engagements


"NEW: Ontarios transparency watchdog says she is beginning to use firmer enforcement powers in an effort to get ahead of the Ford governments consistent use of personal devices for government business a trend thats being called worrying. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11642086/ontario-government-personal-devices-court-cases/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11642086/ontario-government-personal-devices-court-cases/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2018657498182648121)  2026-02-03T12:07Z 95.7K followers, 17.6K engagements


"A dizzying day of political manuevering. As residents of Scarborough Southwest prepare for two seperate byelections this year strategists weigh on the stakes for Marit Stiles. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11650475/ontario-federal-doly-begum/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11650475/ontario-federal-doly-begum/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2018814988459426074)  2026-02-03T22:32Z 95.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Premier Doug Ford is at the Mississauga Board of Trade. Ford tips his hat to Mayor Carolyn Parrish who he says has been over to the solarium at the Premiers house. He says its refreshing to have a mayor who works with him rather than against - a veiled shot at Bonnie Crombie. #onpoli https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019059474678366480 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019059474678366480"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2019059474678366480)  2026-02-04T14:44Z 95.7K followers, 19.4K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford wishes Doly Begum well in the federal by election in Scarborough Southwest. The Premier says hes unsure about when hell call the provincial by election in the same riding but says he would like to turn the seat blue. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2019070490157981845)  2026-02-04T15:28Z 95.7K followers, 28.5K engagements


"We are an auto nation Federal Ec Dev Minister Melanie Joly says as the Carney government announces new investments in auto and incentives to purchasers. The PM is making this announcement in Woodbridge Premier Doug Ford is not here. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2019427475982626837)  2026-02-05T15:06Z 95.7K followers, 18.3K engagements


"PM Mark Carney says he hasnt discussed EV rebates with the provinces but will leave it up to them on whether they should have an EV purchase incentive. Carney says he has been in close constant discussions with Ontario. The Premier and PM spoke about the auto strategy yesterday. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019438997093888207 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019438997093888207"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2019438997093888207)  2026-02-05T15:52Z 95.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@BTSandES Gosh my primary job is covering Ontario politics. Sometimes if the Prime Minister comes to town I pinch hit for my federal colleagues. Thanks for following along"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2019447941891563945)  2026-02-05T16:28Z 95.7K followers, [---] engagements


"As the Ford government marks the long-delayed opening of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT - Premier Doug Ford invokes Donald Trump and the government's plan to protect Ontario. He also touches on another project: "We have another big tunnel project called the [---] tunnel . we're going to build capacity there." #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2019788017615991103)  2026-02-06T14:59Z 95.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Premier Doug Ford accuses CityNews journalist Mark McAllister of being "negative" on the opening of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. Mark: With all the delays all the issues the impact on communities we're a billion dollars over budget . a lot of Torontonians are wondering why are we celebrating Ford: Mark everything you said is factual. I don't look as the glass half empty. I've been saying there's bumps in the road I've been frustrated . more than you Mark. #onpoli https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019790240047681947 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019790240047681947"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2019790240047681947)  2026-02-06T15:08Z 95.7K followers, 24.7K engagements


""We are transparent" Premier Doug Ford says minutes after saying a public inquiry into a taxpayer-funded LRT project would be a "waste of time." Ford says he just wants to "move forward" despite having called the LRT an "nightmare" #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2019792655337542104)  2026-02-06T15:17Z 95.7K followers, 13K engagements


"Premier Ford chides journalists asking questions about the Eglinton LRT delays. "You're beating a dead horse . let's celebrate a new line." #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2019793953080414243)  2026-02-06T15:22Z 95.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Jobs numbers: Ontario lost [-----] jobs in January according to the latest Statistics Canada Data. "The number of people working in manufacturing (in Canada) fell by [-----] (-1.5%) in January bringing employment down to levels last observed in August [----]. The decline in January was concentrated in Ontario. " #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2019833950185877780)  2026-02-06T18:01Z 95.7K followers, 21.6K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford says the province won't launch a public inquiry into the Eglinton LRT because it would be a "waste" of time and the province already knows what went wrong. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11655999/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-no-inquiry/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11655999/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-no-inquiry/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2019844508142518631)  2026-02-06T18:43Z 95.7K followers, [----] engagements


"BREAKING: Ontario Liberals will select their next leader on Nov [--] [----]. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2020234866063818965)  2026-02-07T20:35Z 95.7K followers, 20.9K engagements


"Today at Queens Park (10am): Ryan Teschner Inspector General of Policing of Ontario will make an announcement regarding the request from the Toronto Police Service and Board for an inspection into police integrity and anti-corruption. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2020845246805086681)  2026-02-09T13:00Z 95.7K followers, 10.6K engagements


"BREAKING: Ontarios Inspector General will launch an independent province-wide inspection into the issue of corruption and integrity in policing. An independent inspector will examine the ability of police services to prevent detect and respond to corruption. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2020879963348476371)  2026-02-09T15:18Z 95.7K followers, 20.7K engagements


"Liberal leadership candidate Nate Erskine Smith on the changes to OSAP: Welcome to overpriced Ontario. #onpoli Students in this country and this province deserve better. https://t.co/Mpr6DSxmTc Students in this country and this province deserve better. https://t.co/Mpr6DSxmTc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2022354519821373879)  2026-02-13T16:57Z 95.8K followers, 11.4K engagements


"NEW: The Ford government says Crown Royal products will remain on store shelves after international-spirits maker Diageo said it would spend $23 million in Ontario based investments. None of these spending is on jobs --which was central Premier Doug Ford's fight. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2022358125979074569)  2026-02-13T17:12Z 95.8K followers, 11.4K engagements


"NEW: Therme the company behind a controversial waterpark and spa thats set to take over a major portion of Ontario Place has signed a 95-year lease with the province of Ontario Global News has learned. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/9626967/ontario-place-therme-spa-contract-ford-government/ https://globalnews.ca/news/9626967/ontario-place-therme-spa-contract-ford-government/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1650442615316201477)  2023-04-24T10:12Z 95.8K followers, 1.1M engagements


"NEW: Premier Doug Ford says hes willing to offer Korean-automaker Hyundai provincial incentives to open a manufacturing facility in Ontario: I don't mean to call them out all the time but Hyundai/Kia they sell [------] cars here. I think they're third or fourth on the list. You have to manufacture here. If you're selling that volume you have to come here and set up shop. We'll support you. We'll give you incentives. #onpoli https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019487577007689936 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019487577007689936"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2019487577007689936)  2026-02-05T19:05Z 95.8K followers, 55.4K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford who insists his government has created the conditions for companies to come here admits that auto manufacturers have yet to take him up on the offer. Q: Did you get any assurance that any international automaker is ready to open a plant in Canada yet Ford: Not yet but lets hope #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021249842459107582)  2026-02-10T15:48Z 95.8K followers, 26.5K engagements


"Ontarios Finance Minister says the provinces deficit is now at $13.4 billion roughly the same as the fall economic statement. Despite that Peter Bethlenfalvy insists that the governments sustained commitment to fiscal prudence leaves Ontario in the strongest position they have been in over a decade. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021301461506982204)  2026-02-10T19:13Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: The Toronto Police Association is tempering its tone on the corruption review by the Inspector General of Policing. The union now says it "supports the review in principle" but has concerns. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021356145156423835)  2026-02-10T22:50Z 95.8K followers, 20K engagements


"NEW: The Ford government has denied entry to Liberal NDP and other opposition party staff to a taxpayer funded communications centre in a Queens Park adjacent building. The government claims its a government space hence other staff are not allowed. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021970846043320506)  2026-02-12T15:33Z 95.8K followers, 36K engagements


"BREAKING: The ford government is lifting the long-standing tuition freeze for college and university students as part of its post secondary funding changes: Tuition: 2% increase per year for [--] years then rate of 2% or 3-year inflation average PSE funding: $1.6 B per year above the base $5.4 B OSAP: max 25% as a grant minimum 75% as a loan (currently its 85% grant max 15% loan min) #onpoli https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021970904654180462 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021970904654180462"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021970904654180462)  2026-02-12T15:33Z 95.8K followers, 1M engagements


"The Ford government will end its freeze on post-secondary tuition this year allowing struggling colleges and universities to raise fees as they adapt to the reality of fewer international students. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11664551/ontario-post-secondary-tuition-fee-freeze-end/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11664551/ontario-post-secondary-tuition-fee-freeze-end/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021976511889518620)  2026-02-12T15:55Z 95.8K followers, 19.3K engagements


"Ontarios minister of colleges and universities says despite the funding increase there are still more efficiencies that need to be found across the whole sector #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021977670163312861)  2026-02-12T16:00Z 95.8K followers, 11.6K engagements


"As the Ford government unveiled billions in new funding for the province's colleges and universities -- the province is suggesting the Trump administration's policies are the driving force behind the decision #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2022305840917618779)  2026-02-13T13:44Z 95.8K followers, 12.8K engagements


"Ontario Premier Doug Ford is backing down from his threat to remove Crown Royal from the shelves of the LCBO after the government said it reached a $23-million agreement with the company that includes new investment but wont replace the jobs lost. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11666649/crown-royal-ban-averted/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11666649/crown-royal-ban-averted/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2022370236901773550)  2026-02-13T18:00Z 95.8K followers, 12.8K engagements


"Of the $23 million announced by the Ford government and Diageo today just 4% is going directly to the affected community. By contrast a Toronto-based company get 13% while a Scarborough-based facility will get 9% Here's the breakdown: $1M: Economic development community projects in and around Amherstburg ON $11M: Purchase ingredients from Eastern Ontario manufacturer $3M: Purchase of ready-to-drink beverages from a Toronto-based supplier $1M: Agricultural-related spending $2M: Investment in Scarborough-based beverage packager $5M: Ontario-based marketing and promotion #onpoli Ontario Premier"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2022379241594114194)  2026-02-13T18:35Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: Ontarios Integrity commissioner is being asked to expand his Greenbelt probe to include communications on Doug Fords personal cell phone. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/9898437/integrity-commissioner-greenbelt-probe-doug-ford-phone/ https://globalnews.ca/news/9898437/integrity-commissioner-greenbelt-probe-doug-ford-phone/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1691754944582324368)  2023-08-16T10:13Z 95.8K followers, 153.6K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford asked about the plan to remove Crown Royal from the LCBO. The premier doesn't talk about the removal but instead repeats that he's "put an olive branch out to Diageo" and will "continue working to see if we can resolve this with Diageo." #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11640100/ontario-crown-royal-ban-poll/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11640100/ontario-crown-royal-ban-poll/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2016574776987251099)  2026-01-28T18:11Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew believes the Crown Royal dispute thats pitting province against province can be resolved as long as international spirits maker Diageo gives Ontario Premier Doug Ford a path forward. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11642653/manitoba-calls-on-crown-royal-maker-to-give-doug-ford-a-path-forward-on-dispute/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11642653/manitoba-calls-on-crown-royal-maker-to-give-doug-ford-a-path-forward-on-dispute/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2016832234200633780)  2026-01-29T11:14Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: International drinks maker Diageo says it is in ongoing discussions with the Ontario government to avert Premier Doug Fords plan to ban Crown Royal whisky from the shelves of the LCBO. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11645504/diageo-talks-ontario-government-crown-royal/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11645504/diageo-talks-ontario-government-crown-royal/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2017326223773356361)  2026-01-30T19:57Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: The Ford government is using Google Docs to host policy proposals cabinet remarks and briefing materials Global News can reveal raising questions about tracking and security of some of the provinces most sensitive documents. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11646090/ford-government-records-cabinet-google-docs/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11646090/ford-government-records-cabinet-google-docs/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2018296147870146751)  2026-02-02T12:11Z 95.7K followers, 81.3K engagements


"BREAKING: Nate Erskine Smith says hell seek the Ontario Liberal nomination in Scarborough Southwest to replace Doly Begum. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2018776848155439494)  2026-02-03T20:01Z 95.8K followers, 109.8K engagements


"NEW: Ontario New Democrats say they're feeling blindsided and are expressing a sense of outrage after the party's deputy leader Doly Begum quit her post to run in a federal byelection as a Liberal. #onpoli #cdnpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11650475/ontario-federal-doly-begum/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11650475/ontario-federal-doly-begum/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2018782611251048750)  2026-02-03T20:24Z 95.8K followers, 33.7K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford on the talks with Diageo over Crown Royal: I always say help me to help you. It's as simple as that. I got to protect the [---] jobs. I want to help them as well. I've put out the olive branch almost every time I get in front of the press to open up a plant here. Ford suggests a manufacturing facility for ready to drink beverages could be one example. #onpoli https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019486799148503177 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019486799148503177"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2019486799148503177)  2026-02-05T19:02Z 95.8K followers, 12.8K engagements


"The Government of New Brunswick says it will no longer use X to routinely communicate with constituents citing "deeply troubling" concerns about the platform. #cdnpoli Weve been carefully considering how we use social media and specifically X as a government for some time. Social media is a tool we use to keep New Brunswickers informed quickly and directly. However the recent concerns raised about X's operationsare deeply troubling. Weve been carefully considering how we use social media and specifically X as a government for some time. Social media is a tool we use to keep New Brunswickers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2019500253129347167)  2026-02-05T19:55Z 95.8K followers, 38.7K engagements


"NEW: The Toronto Police association is pushing back on the province-wide review by the Inspector General for Policing raising concerns that other officers will become collateral damage The Ontatio Chiefs of Police Association however supports it. The Toronto Police Association has submitted a letter to the Inspector General of Policing of Ontario expressing serious concern over the recently announced Province-Wide Inspection on Police Integrity and Anti-Corruption Practices. While examining any potential organizational https://t.co/7EpN1mXtDJ The Toronto Police Association has submitted a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2020982226041831757)  2026-02-09T22:04Z 95.8K followers, 26.2K engagements


"A history-making review of policing in Ontario. The province's inspector general of policing is launching a review of all police forces including the OPP to determine whether they can catch corruption. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2020999431672279521)  2026-02-09T23:13Z 95.8K followers, 11.3K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford is holding a news conference. He says he was happy to hear that PM Carney spoke to Trump. Ford says hes confident the Gordie Howe bridge is going to open because its important to republicans facing midterms. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021248111272657394)  2026-02-10T15:41Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements


"This is not the time to roll over and let President Trump take advantage of us Premier Doug Ford says. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021248666783076463)  2026-02-10T15:43Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Premier Doug Ford asked about the ban of American booze at the LCBO Obviously working its an irritant Ford says. The premier adds that if Trump removed tariffs on Canadian goods Ontario would be willing to back down. Get rid of it and were good to go Ford adds. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021249062507278368)  2026-02-10T15:45Z 95.8K followers, 12.8K engagements


"The Minister when asked about whether the government is still planning to balance the books: I won't speculate on the numbers that may will come in the budget which will be before March [--]. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021302534246109339)  2026-02-10T19:17Z 95.7K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: U.S. President Trump threatens to stall the opening of the Gordie Howe Windsor-Detroit bridge and demands partial American ownership. Also this: "Ontario won't even put U.S. spirits beverages and other alcoholic products on their shelves they are absolutely prohibited from doing so" Trump says. #onpoli As everyone knows the Country of Canada has treated the United States very unfairly for decades. Now things are turning around for the U.S.A. and FAST But imagine Canada is building a massive bridge between Ontario and Michigan. They own both the Canada and the United States"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021000229554712890)  2026-02-09T23:16Z 95.8K followers, 113.2K engagements


"NEW: Six house Republicans break with the Trump admin and vote to rescind tariffs on Canadian exports to the U.S. It will need Senate agreement to get to the White House. #onpoli 219-210 House passes resolution to rescind Trumps Canada tariffs the first time the chamber has done so. Six Rs break ranks Moments before Trump threatened retribution against Rs who defy him I asked Johnson if president was angry at defectors. Hes not upset he told me https://t.co/I6PqNFmwqG 219-210 House passes resolution to rescind Trumps Canada tariffs the first time the chamber has done so. Six Rs break ranks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2021729504117567980)  2026-02-11T23:34Z 95.8K followers, 18.3K engagements


"The Ford government is touting a $23 million investment in the province from international spirits maker Diageo after a months-long fight over the future of Crown royal production. The plant is scheduled to close at the end of the month. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/2022430587164692510)  2026-02-13T22:00Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Premier Doug Ford says a new USMCA deal or the full removal of U.S. tariffs would convince him to bring back American alcohol to the LCBO. Until then "they aren't getting any booze on our shelves" Ford said. American distillers say they're being treated like "pawns" in the Canada-US trade war and are "victims" of the situation. They're asking the Ford government to bring American booze back to the LCBO. Ontario doesn't seem interested. #onpoli https://t.co/rmcq54VdAQ American distillers say they're being treated like "pawns" in the Canada-US trade war and are "victims" of the situation."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1960701661640261977)  2025-08-27T13:51Z 94.1K followers, 49.4K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford says his government is no longer planning to remove tolls for truckers on the [---]. Trucking associations told him it would cause log jams at exits. Ford says the eastern (toll-free) portion of the highway is starting to get backed up - and the government might have to look at options for the future. (Induced demand as most would call it.) #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1960702730684576132)  2025-08-27T13:55Z 93.8K followers, 36.4K engagements


"NEW: Premier Doug Ford confirmed his efforts to shift a significant portion of Highway [---] to accommodate a request from a Canadian developer looking to save a planned housing project in the area. This was exclusively reported by Global News. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11352007/highway-413-construction-contracts/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11352007/highway-413-construction-contracts/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1960720157019398203)  2025-08-27T15:04Z 93.8K followers, 28K engagements


"Early construction on Highway [---] is slated to begin but the Ford government still won't reveal the timeline or the cost of the highway project. Meanwhile the Premier confirmed he considered a late-stage shift of the highway to accommodate a developer. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1961021250450395149)  2025-08-28T11:01Z 93.8K followers, 22.7K engagements


"NEW: The Ford government is facing calls to overhaul the strong mayor system after municipal civil servants raised concerns about the powers being used to blur political lines and a lack of impact on housing construction in the province. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11354568/strong-mayor-powers-having-little-to-no-impact-on-housing-municipal-civil-servants-say/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11354568/strong-mayor-powers-having-little-to-no-impact-on-housing-municipal-civil-servants-say/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1961377883340836898)  2025-08-29T10:38Z 93.8K followers, 10.9K engagements


"Interesting. Reached out to Spirits Canada for their thoughts on the closure of the Crown Royal bottling plant in Amherstburg Ont. and immediately receieved a response from Diageo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1963346478874952027)  2025-09-03T21:00Z 93.9K followers, 23.1K engagements


"NEW: What looked like the start of a provincial bycott is on hold until February. The Ford government says it will wait until the Crown Royal plant closes next year before deciding whether to pull the Canadian whisky from the LCBO. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1963361364065300594)  2025-09-03T22:00Z 93.8K followers, 100.4K engagements


"NEW: The family of Andrew Cristillo the father of three who was killed in a head-on crash on Hwy [--] is set to meet Premier Doug Ford at Queen's Park tomorrow. The driver in the Cristillo crash was also charged with sideswiping the Premier's vehicle in January. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1963706591628370191)  2025-09-04T20:51Z 93.8K followers, 11.4K engagements


"The Ford government says it has taken the next steps on its Scarborough Subway Extension with ground set to be broken on the first of three underground stations along the route. https://globalnews.ca/news/11393806/scarborough-subway-extension-ground-breaking/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11393806/scarborough-subway-extension-ground-breaking/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1963959415238787236)  2025-09-05T13:36Z 93.8K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: Ontarios Jobs numbers show employment is down [-----] since the peak in Feb [----]. Stats Can warns that Ontario is home to metropolitan centres with some of the highest unemployment rates: Windsor (11.1% compared with9.1% in January) Oshawa (9.0% compared with8.2% in January) Toronto (8.9% compared with8.8% in January) #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1963968898262356205)  2025-09-05T14:14Z 93.8K followers, 23K engagements


"NEW: Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria is asked whether the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will open this year. He doesnt answer the question. However Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay says we hope yes. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1963972581762949568)  2025-09-05T14:28Z 93.8K followers, 35.5K engagements


"Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie failed to connect with voters on key issues during the [----] election campaign allowing Doug Ford to define himself and dashing the partys hopes of an electoral resurgence an internal party review of the campaign states. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11402513/ontario-liberals-2025-election-campaign-debrief/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11402513/ontario-liberals-2025-election-campaign-debrief/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1965151072747729174)  2025-09-08T20:31Z 93.8K followers, 13.1K engagements


"As the Ford government considers shaking up school boards the province is taking aim at trustee expenses including: milkshakes Apple products and late night McDonald's orders. But one trustee says they can be explained. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11403051/ontario-school-trustees/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11403051/ontario-school-trustees/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1965152307836060142)  2025-09-08T20:36Z 93.8K followers, 21.9K engagements


"NEW: The Ford government will review school violence data after huge discrepancies were uncovered between provincial and school board numbers. #onpoli #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11403270/ford-government-school-board-violence-data-reporting-review/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11403270/ford-government-school-board-violence-data-reporting-review/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1965357514553524554)  2025-09-09T10:12Z 93.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Ontario Premier Doug Ford says young people arent looking hard enough for work in the province and suggested unemployed people should consider fast food as a potential job choice. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11405732/doug-ford-temporary-foreign-worker-program/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11405732/doug-ford-temporary-foreign-worker-program/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1965746907868975143)  2025-09-10T11:59Z 93.9K followers, 75.7K engagements


"NEW: The Ford government has set its sights on trustees at Ontarios [--] English public school boards. Education Minister Paul Calandra tells Global News those trustees have no constitutional cover whatsoever and could be up for elimination. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11406999/ford-government-wont-eliminate-french-catholic-trustees-but-english-board-has-no-cover/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11406999/ford-government-wont-eliminate-french-catholic-trustees-but-english-board-has-no-cover/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1965860078009069728)  2025-09-10T19:29Z 94.1K followers, 22.1K engagements


"Education Minister Paul Calandra lays out in full what the Ford government is contemplating with Ontario's school board trustees. #onpoli #onted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1965928275768705161)  2025-09-11T00:00Z 93.8K followers, 36.9K engagements


"NEW: Trustees at Torontos Catholic school board are attempting to schedule a rogue meeting to get a legal opinion on their constitutional privileges amid an ongoing tug-of-war with the Ford government. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11415382/toronto-catholic-trustees-rogue-meeting-plan/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11415382/toronto-catholic-trustees-rogue-meeting-plan/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1966447617497260174)  2025-09-12T10:23Z 93.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie is acknowledging mistakes but promising to implement change -- as she asks Liberals to give her another shot as leader. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1966645707416232319)  2025-09-12T23:30Z 93.8K followers, 14.7K engagements


"BREAKING: Ontario Liberals vote 57% against calling a new leadership - which means Bonnie Crombie is technically safe. However hearing she wasnt afforded an endorsement from the Liberal caucus as a whole. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1967281449725501484)  2025-09-14T17:37Z 93.9K followers, 70.7K engagements


"BREAKING: Bonnie Crombie is resigning as the leader of the Ontario Liberal party. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1967332849977348266)  2025-09-14T21:01Z 93.9K followers, 82.6K engagements


"Ontarios auditor general is investigating how provincial transit agency Metrolinx selected stops on two of its new subway routes as part of a suite of reports into decisions made by the Ford government. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11416693/auditor-general-investigations-2025-list/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11416693/auditor-general-investigations-2025-list/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1967551666582163627)  2025-09-15T11:30Z 93.9K followers, 28.9K engagements


"NEW: The Ford government is demanding the return of electronics and other taxpayer-funded items from the chair of the TCDSB as the battle with school boards escalates. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11425067/toronto-catholic-school-board-chair-ordered-to-return-taxpayer-purchased-electronics/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11425067/toronto-catholic-school-board-chair-ordered-to-return-taxpayer-purchased-electronics/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1967563160254320865)  2025-09-15T12:16Z 94K followers, 20.6K engagements


"Lol. The Globe and Mail's Robyn Urback argues that Doug Ford who "lacks an ethos focus or intention" would be the "ideal" candidate for the Ontario Liberal Leadership. #onpoli https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-ontario-liberals-doug-ford/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-ontario-liberals-doug-ford/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1968058731956146255)  2025-09-16T21:05Z 93.9K followers, 23.6K engagements


"The Ford governments deficit is projected to explode in the next year according to Ontarios budget watchdog as the provinces economy continues to weather the effects of a trade war with the Trump administration. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11432621/ontario-budget-deficit-fao-warning/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11432621/ontario-budget-deficit-fao-warning/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1968368864443646356)  2025-09-17T17:38Z 93.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The Ford government claims it can still balance the budget in [----] -- despite a new report that suggests Ontario's deficit is projeted to grow to $12B next year with continued deficits until [----]. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1968369072032333835)  2025-09-17T17:38Z 93.9K followers, 16.3K engagements


"The Ford government is planning to allow pharmacists to assess and diagnose more conditions like ringworm warts or shingles as part of a push to loosen the regulations governing various health professionals. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11432705/ontario-pharmacist-expansion/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11432705/ontario-pharmacist-expansion/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1968369278199153003)  2025-09-17T17:39Z 93.9K followers, 11.1K engagements


"Internal government documents show Ontario's school boards have reported increasing financial problems in recent years. The total deficit across the provinces [--] boards of almost $200 million last year. #onpoli #onted https://globalnews.ca/news/11431367/ontario-school-board-deficits-growing/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11431367/ontario-school-board-deficits-growing/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1968369636636021205)  2025-09-17T17:41Z 94K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: Add another name to the Ontario Liberal leadership list: Three-time Etobicoke Centre MP Yvan Baker "has been approached and encouraged to run but hasn't ruled it out" a source tells Global News. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11428632/ontario-liberals-another-leadership-election-whos-in/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11428632/ontario-liberals-another-leadership-election-whos-in/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11428632/ontario-liberals-another-leadership-election-whos-in/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11428632/ontario-liberals-another-leadership-election-whos-in/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1968379722213064721)  2025-09-17T18:21Z 93.9K followers, 15K engagements


"NEW: The York Catholic District School Board could be next in line for the Ford governments education shakeup as the province digs into its worsening finances saying all options are on the table. #onpoli #onted https://globalnews.ca/news/11433458/york-catholic-district-school-board-provincial-takeover/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11433458/york-catholic-district-school-board-provincial-takeover/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1968634940284653719)  2025-09-18T11:15Z 93.9K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: Ontarios Liberals are calling on the Ford government to remove the provincial portion of the HST - 8% - for all homebuyers purchasing a primary residence not just for first time homebuyers. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1968686061694890097)  2025-09-18T14:38Z 94K followers, 47.6K engagements


"Hundreds of public service employees are holding a rally outside the legislator to protest the Ford governments mandatory back to office policy. The claimant will actually reduce productivity cost taxpayers more in additional real estate and are promising to fight the policy #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1968720053085303154)  2025-09-18T16:53Z 94K followers, 138.9K engagements


"Civil servants rallied outside Ontario government offices today as their unions push back on the province's return-to-office mandate. Unions are calling for flexibility which they say saves the province money and boosts productivity. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1968771251360456913)  2025-09-18T20:16Z 94K followers, 25.6K engagements


"A new Angus Reid poll suggests more Canadians are in favour of removing the 100% tariffs on Chinese-made vehicles to spare Western Canada's canola industry. But Premier Doug Ford is pushing PM Carney to keep them in place. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1968797183026840040)  2025-09-18T22:00Z 94K followers, 40.1K engagements


"Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will invest $27 million into the makers of Chapmans ice cream which is upgrading their production facility in Markdale to the tune of $200 million. The premier says the provincial investment comes from invest Ontario. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1969091748065362288)  2025-09-19T17:30Z 94K followers, 12.3K engagements


"Premier Ford jokes that he eats an ice cream sandwich every night. Thank you to my girth the premier tells the makers of Chapmans before promoting the companies Yukon ice cream. The premier then proceeds to eat an ice cream in front of the cameras. Mhmm mhmm the best Ford says. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1969092458567844208)  2025-09-19T17:33Z 94K followers, 122.9K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford is asked about the statement from the Ontario chiefs of police which calls of the government to rethink its speed cameras policy. theres better ways to slow down traffic then gouge the tax. This is nothing but a tax grab. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1969093644524143103)  2025-09-19T17:38Z 93.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Premier Doug Ford in between eating an ice cream sandwich during a news conference reveals that hes had members of the Webequie first nation to his house to talk about the road to the Ring of fire. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1969096471443046762)  2025-09-19T17:49Z 93.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Premier Doug Fords latest viral moment - eating an ice cream sandwich as he speaks about road safety homelessness encampments and Indigenous relations. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1969114889911230516)  2025-09-19T19:02Z 94K followers, 56.4K engagements


"The House of Commons returned on schedule this week but Queen's Park will remain quiet until late-October. The Ford government opted for a shorter fall session before rising again in early December. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1969193881230074224)  2025-09-20T00:16Z 94K followers, 19.2K engagements


"Here's what the [----] parliamentary calendar looks like. This year's sitting weeks are highlighted in green"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1969193884606468187)  2025-09-20T00:16Z 94K followers, 64.6K engagements


"BREAKING: The Ontario PC Party has ejected a member from its caucus. "MPP Chris Scott is no longer a member of the PC caucus." Scott represents Ste. Sault Marie and was the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy and Mines #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1970139405114331572)  2025-09-22T14:53Z 94K followers, 77.9K engagements


"Here's the Latest: - MPP Chris Scott was arrested by Toronto Police on Sept. [--] - Premier Ford found out it this morning - Scott was removed from caucus shortly after. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11439963/chris-scott-caucus-removal/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11439963/chris-scott-caucus-removal/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1970169026492960812)  2025-09-22T16:51Z 94K followers, 13.3K engagements


"As Premier Doug Ford prepares to curb municipal speed cameras this week it appears hes fighting his own governments policies. The Ford government enacted regulations to allow them in [----] before calling them a tax grab #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11441018/doug-ford-speed-camera-introduction-removal/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11441018/doug-ford-speed-camera-introduction-removal/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1970439432332595386)  2025-09-23T10:45Z 94K followers, 14.5K engagements


"The U-turn on speed cameras follows a similar pattern to the governments push to ban supervised drug injection sites. More than half of the [--] sites announced for closure by Health Minister Sylvia Jones were opened and funded by the Ford government in early [----] as politicians grappled with a provincial overdose crisis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1970439436107219020)  2025-09-23T10:45Z 94K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: The Ford governments distribution of the skills development fund is in the crosshairs of Ontario Auditor General. The AG will release a special report on the subject next week. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11448999/ontario-ag-round-1-reports-2025-release-date/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11448999/ontario-ag-round-1-reports-2025-release-date/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1970963673125617823)  2025-09-24T21:28Z 94K followers, [----] engagements


"After losing to Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives Ontario's NDP finds itself in a state of flux. Three senior staffers were ousted this week and Marit Stiles is promising change in what some are calling a 'lightbulb' moment for the party. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1970971511944040495)  2025-09-24T22:00Z 94K followers, 15.3K engagements


"A year after Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced his dream that an expressway tunnelled under Highway [---] would relieve Torontos gridlock woes the government says it hasnt finalized which firm will study whether the project is possible. https://globalnews.ca/news/11449306/highway-401-tunnel-year-old-feasibility-study/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11449306/highway-401-tunnel-year-old-feasibility-study/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1971216137649258834)  2025-09-25T14:12Z 94K followers, 10.5K engagements


"BIGGER signs. Heres what Premier Ford is set to unveil in Vaughan to replace speed cameras. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1971225623143252338)  2025-09-25T14:49Z 94K followers, 157.9K engagements


"While the Ontario Chiefs of Police has called on the Ford government to keep speed cameras in place - the government brought the Police Association of Ontario to its news conference today. No policing voices present. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11434996/ontario-police-chiefs-automated-speed-cameras/amp/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11434996/ontario-police-chiefs-automated-speed-cameras/amp/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1971234358746022292)  2025-09-25T15:24Z 94K followers, [----] engagements


"Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca - who supported automated speed enforcement while the Minister of Transportation - says he received overwhelming complaints from road users who felt they were unfairly dinged. Vaughan paused the speed camera program earning praise from the Premier. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1971236019535052865)  2025-09-25T15:31Z 94.1K followers, 39K engagements


"NEW: Premier Doug Ford says his government will table legislation to ban speed cameras. Ford calls it a cash grab his govt says its a stealth tax. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1971238309692346617)  2025-09-25T15:40Z 94K followers, 33.5K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford says drivers likely wont receive speeding tickets in Ontario if they go [--] or [--] km/h over the limit No officer would ever give you a ticket for five or six kilometers over. Matter of fact you never get pulled over if you're going five or six kilometers over"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1971239437859422305)  2025-09-25T15:44Z 94K followers, 35K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford says any changes to limit the use of the notwithstanding clause would be overreach by Prime Minister Mark Carney. Ford says Ontario and Quebec would block the measure. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1971244115737338257)  2025-09-25T16:03Z 94K followers, [----] engagements


"Note: While it was the Ford government that created the regulations that allowed automated speed enforcement cameras provincial regulations also determine the fee structure. Premier Ford said drivers are "tired of getting tickets for [--] [--] km/h" over #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1971269535375426028)  2025-09-25T17:44Z 94K followers, 17.1K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford is promising indemnity for municipalities and new provincial cash as it looks to eliminate speed cameras and replace them with traffic calming infrastructure. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1971326544644800590)  2025-09-25T21:30Z 94K followers, [----] engagements


"The Ford government is unveiling a hiring freeze across all provincial agencies in Ontario - with the exception of front line services. The freeze takes effect tomorrow. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1971576707829113023)  2025-09-26T14:04Z 94K followers, [---] engagements


"Ontarios finance minister is hitting back at grocery stores that have complained they are not set up to collect empty alcohol containers telling them to get on board or give up the right to sell booze. https://globalnews.ca/news/11452922/ontario-grocers-finance-minister-alcohol-warning/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11452922/ontario-grocers-finance-minister-alcohol-warning/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1971696585068499340)  2025-09-26T22:01Z 94K followers, 46.5K engagements


"NEW: Premier Doug Ford says he wants to "start introducing cameras on crims if approved by residents." Ford is referencing car thefts and home invasions and says he would like to "use those cameras to identify stolen cars." (It's quite unclear what he's talking about here. Provincial/municipal controlled crime cameras)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1972688471073464430)  2025-09-29T15:42Z 94.1K followers, 25.9K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford on Project Ontario - a group of principled Conservatives who have grown disillusioned with the current government: "I don't know who these guys are they sound like a bunch of radical rights." Ford whose government is set to record half-a-trillion dollars in [----] calls himself a "prudent fiscal manager." Ford suggests Project Ontario could be tied to a federal party. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1972691181596225718)  2025-09-29T15:53Z 94K followers, 21K engagements


"The premier appears to have been talking about CCTV Community cameras which York Regional Police say "is intended to support crime prevention improve investigative capabilities and enhance community safety." #onpoli https://www.yrp.ca/en/crime-prevention/cctv-community-cameras.asp https://www.yrp.ca/en/crime-prevention/cctv-community-cameras.asp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1972692175226892557)  2025-09-29T15:57Z 94K followers, [--] engagements


"NEW: Ontarios Finance Minister claims the Ford government is running an operating balance as he defends the province's debt load - set to hit half-a-trillion in [----]. Critics call is creative accounting. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11456223/ford-government-debt-defence/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11456223/ford-government-debt-defence/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1972741254250414229)  2025-09-29T19:12Z 94.1K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: The Ford government has been collecting data on hospital ER closures since [----]. The latest numbers show those closures are on the decline. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11456785/ontario-emergency-room-closure-reduction/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11456785/ontario-emergency-room-closure-reduction/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1972981686880370863)  2025-09-30T11:07Z 94K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: Ottawa denies Marineland request to export remaining beluga whales to China #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11459097/marineland-whale-transfer-china/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11459097/marineland-whale-transfer-china/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1973393038580834596)  2025-10-01T14:22Z 94K followers, [----] engagements


"Premier Doug Ford says his meeting with Mich. Gov Whitmer focused on the auto sector. Ford says Canadians love the US but theres one person causing all the problems. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1973397792841252919)  2025-10-01T14:41Z 94K followers, [----] engagements


"Premier Doug Ford says its unfortunate that marine land was denied the request to move [--] whales to China. Ford says the whales must be moved somewhere and says it would be terrible if they were euthanized. #cdnpoli #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1973399150612926843)  2025-10-01T14:46Z 94K followers, 21K engagements


"NEW: Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles says her party might ask the province's Integrity Commissioner to look into the minister of Labour's conduct over the skills development fund. The AG found perception of preferential treatment and the minister's office was directly involved in selecting the funding recepients. The AG found in more than [----] cases 46% of the funding went to highly ranked applications the rest were lower ranked applicants. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1973419374884036841)  2025-10-01T16:06Z 94K followers, 16.2K engagements


"Ontarios Education Minister says the Ford government might not be able to meet the $10/day childcare target unless it get more money from the federal govt. The province received $10B in funding for childcare but spent the money over [--] years instead of the intended [--]. The AG says the program will face a $2B shortfall. Yet to open up negotiations with the feds over the future of the program Calandra says. We're all in the same position where we have to start telling families what April [--] is going to look like. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1973438836395950162)  2025-10-01T17:24Z 94.1K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: The Ford government is promising that its controversial law allowing new special economic zones in Ontario will only be used in a narrow set of circumstances" but also opens the door to "moon shot" projects. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11461166/ontario-special-economic-zone-draft-regulations/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11461166/ontario-special-economic-zone-draft-regulations/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11461166/ontario-special-economic-zone-draft-regulations/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11461166/ontario-special-economic-zone-draft-regulations/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1973791043020550412)  2025-10-02T16:43Z 94K followers, 17.6K engagements


"Bankruptcy or euthanasia. Those are the two options Marineland is suggesting could be realized next week if the federal and provincial governments don't find a solution to house or pay for the [--] belugas. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1974433288162013214)  2025-10-04T11:15Z 94.1K followers, 51K engagements


"Focus Ontario is back The Ontario NDP is now preparing an ethics complaint after a recent Auditor General report uncovered potential preferential treatment in the Ford government's Skills Development Fund. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1974587833441460356)  2025-10-04T21:30Z 94.1K followers, 10K engagements


"Focus Ontario: The Ford government has been quietly tracking hospital ER closure data but never made it public. @isaaccallan digs into what the data shows. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1974590350120587328)  2025-10-04T21:40Z 94.1K followers, 11.3K engagements


"The OPP has opened an internal investigation into the conduct of a officer of involved in that now viral Tim Hortons trespass video. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1974599078194692400)  2025-10-04T22:14Z 94.1K followers, 45.6K engagements


"NEW: Several vehicles assigned to Ontario cabinet ministers have racked up more than $3300 in speeding-related fines many of them caught on automated speed cameras. @isaaccallans excellent FOI work. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11463735/ontario-cabinet-minister-vehicle-speeding-tickets/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11463735/ontario-cabinet-minister-vehicle-speeding-tickets/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1975148342188634294)  2025-10-06T10:37Z 94.1K followers, 118.2K engagements


"As the Ontario NDP looks to highlight the growing unemployment numbers under the Ford government leader Marit Stiles is hosting a round table focussing on youth job numbers. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1975177156071133574)  2025-10-06T12:31Z 94.1K followers, [----] engagements


"NDP Leader Marit Stiles is highlighting the difficulties young people face finding a job in Ontario. She held a closed-door round table with unions on youth unemployment and is calling on the government to create a strategy. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1975229001305346369)  2025-10-06T15:57Z 94K followers, [----] engagements


"The NDP calls this latest move a "stunt" and said the premier is "always late to the game" and questions what the government has done to try and stop the closure of the Crown Royal plant in Ontario. #onpoli NEW: Premier Doug Ford is now threatening to pull Smirnoff vodka along with Crown Royal products off of the LCBO shelves as the province escalates its fight with Diageo. https://t.co/L7OZMW4NdR #onpoli NEW: Premier Doug Ford is now threatening to pull Smirnoff vodka along with Crown Royal products off of the LCBO shelves as the province escalates its fight with Diageo."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1975229854238085507)  2025-10-06T16:01Z 94.1K followers, [----] engagements


"BREAKING: A number of animal welfare groups are calling on the Ford government to immediately seize the [--] whales at Marineland before they can be euthanized. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11466615/marineland-federal-government/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11466615/marineland-federal-government/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1975311037424681255)  2025-10-06T21:23Z 94.1K followers, [----] engagements


"A number of vehicles assigned to Ontario cabinet ministers have racked up a combined $3300 in automated speed camera fines. The data comes as the Ford government looks to eliminate the use of speed enforcement cams. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1975315442291122230)  2025-10-06T21:41Z 94.1K followers, 42K engagements


"NEW: Someone driving an Ontario cabinet ministers vehicle was captured hitting stunt driving speeds [--] times. The Premiers office appears to gave forgiven the driver who promised not to do it again. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11467026/ford-government-vehicle-stunt-driving/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11467026/ford-government-vehicle-stunt-driving/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1975506270460207378)  2025-10-07T10:19Z 94.1K followers, 91.4K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford calls on the Trump administration to strike a deal with Canada suggest suggesting it would boost the American economy lower inflation and create jobs. He also offers a conflicting message on China as other Premiers try to improve the relationship #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1975557476629332029)  2025-10-07T13:43Z 94.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Privacy officials working for the Ontario government wont release details of who was responsible for cabinet minister vehicles caught speeding arguing that doing so would violate personal privacy and could threaten the safety or health of an individual. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11468638/ontario-speeding-cabinet-minister-vehicles-redacted/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11468638/ontario-speeding-cabinet-minister-vehicles-redacted/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1975870009076281356)  2025-10-08T10:24Z 94.1K followers, 23.9K engagements


"Great story by @CharliePinkerto and @jackhauen #onpoli NEW: Ontarios auditor said lobbyists' role securing training grants raises concerns of possible "preferential treatment." Days later the minister whose office picks recipients was in Paris for the wedding of a lobbyist whose clients got $8.5M in funds. https://t.co/6zjRStDzPB NEW: Ontarios auditor said lobbyists' role securing training grants raises concerns of possible "preferential treatment." Days later the minister whose office picks recipients was in Paris for the wedding of a lobbyist whose clients got $8.5M in funds."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1975876912322068530)  2025-10-08T10:52Z 94.1K followers, 17.6K engagements


"NEW: Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown tells AM [---] he has expressed his frustration with the province over the speed camera issue. Normally hes very collaborative he seems dug in Brown says of Premier Ford. Its not reflective of what Ontario feels Brown added suggesting he receives a 10:1 ratio of requests for cameras than complaints. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1975879834174628080)  2025-10-08T11:03Z 94.1K followers, 29.1K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford is speaking at a summit focusing on the relationship between Canada and the US. Ford says Republicans dont agree with tariffs but are terrified to speak out. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1975929099295006944)  2025-10-08T14:19Z 94.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Premier Ford says wants to play nice but refuses to return American booze to the LCBO saying he wants to continue to use purchasing leverage until sectoral tariffs are removed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1975930611916271775)  2025-10-08T14:25Z 94.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Premier Ford is asked about the auto relationship with the US. Ford says it will be a massive sea change for our friends in the US. Ford calls any talk of separating the auto supply chain a massive mistake. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1975931418053128529)  2025-10-08T14:28Z 94.1K followers, [----] engagements


"The RCMP is promising a "thorough investigation" into the Ford government's Greenbelt dealings -- two years after the investigation began. While some in the Ford government expected it to wrap up in the summer they've been met with silence. #onpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11472355/rcmp-greenbelt-update/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11472355/rcmp-greenbelt-update/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1976712387362263200)  2025-10-10T18:12Z 94.1K followers, 24.5K engagements


"This week on Focus Ontario we'll sit down with Project Ontario - a group of Conservatives who are dissatisfied with the policies coming out of Queen's Park. Here's a preview of our conversation with Matt Spoke. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1977014124816351590)  2025-10-11T14:11Z 94.1K followers, 12.4K engagements


"@BorderlinePOV Actually we hold government accountable to what they promise. Over the course of my coverage at QP Ive platformed everyone - New Blue ejected PCs independents Liberals NDP So-Cons those who agree and disagree with policy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1977355956792025264)  2025-10-12T12:49Z 94.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Focus Ontario: Global's @Gray_Mackenzie takes us behind the scenes of last week's Oval Office meeting between PM Carney and Pres. Trump. Plus: @FlavioVolpe1 urges Canadian politicians to push back against the "America first" auto policy. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1977744738997412264)  2025-10-13T14:34Z 94.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Focus Ontario: The Ford government held an off-site cabinet meeting last week at the Ontario Investment and Trade centre -- [--] floors above the Eaton centre. The QP Press Gallery which typically has access to ministers before and after meetings was not informed. But we dropped by anyway. https://www.investontario.ca/international-trade-and-investment-offices https://www.investontario.ca/international-trade-and-investment-offices"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1977868629614997911)  2025-10-13T22:46Z 94.1K followers, 38.2K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford is speaking to the Empire Club and kicks off the speech by defending the governments fiscal record. Ford says Ontarios Debt to GDP has dropped to the lowest in [--] years. He adds interest-to-revenue has also dropped to 5.5% the lowest in [--] years. The government has taken heat from some conservatives who say Kathleen Wynne and Dalton Mcguinty were more fiscally responsible. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1978136474118746589)  2025-10-14T16:31Z 94.1K followers, 25.5K engagements


"Premier Doug Ford asks Ben Mulroney whether he would run for Mayor of Toronto and suggests people in the room at the Empire Club would vote for and raise money for him. Ford often heaps praise on current Mayor Olivia Chow. Mulroney graciously declined. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1978145828419125610)  2025-10-14T17:08Z 94.1K followers, 12.7K engagements


"This afternoon Premier Ford met with Unifor to discuss coordinated strategies on tariffs and auto jobs. The union says shortly after they learned Stellantis would move vehicle production from Brampton to Illinois. #onpoli Canadian auto jobs are being sacrificed on the Trump altar says @Lanampayne as Stellantis invests $13 B in U.S. production & shifts Jeep assembly from Brampton to Illinois. We need the federal govt to use leverage now to fight for our auto jobs. https://t.co/WxsefwaIjs Canadian auto jobs are being sacrificed on the Trump altar says @Lanampayne as Stellantis invests $13 B in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1978277523076141500)  2025-10-15T01:51Z 94.1K followers, 20.1K engagements


"Doug Ford says he threatened an alleged shoplifter with a beating like hes never got before after the premier slipped his security detail and chased after the man earlier in the summer. https://globalnews.ca/news/11478130/doug-ford-home-depot-shop-lifter/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11478130/doug-ford-home-depot-shop-lifter/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1978413158617219535)  2025-10-15T10:50Z 94.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Premier Doug Ford at a news conference in Kenora calls US President Donald Trump a "tyrant." "To build an Ontario that's more competitive we have to be more resilient and more self-reliant and not just rely on the US" the Premier says. Ford has in the past repeatedly pushed for an "Am-Can Fortress" #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1978504248104018227)  2025-10-15T16:52Z 94.1K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW: Premier Ford suggests his government is willing to withhold billions in EV battery production tax credits from Stellantis after the company decided to move production away from Brampton. "I'm not going to give them a penny because it was tied into making sure Windsor and keep Brampton going (sic.)" #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1978507217801257362)  2025-10-15T17:04Z 94.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Ford claims the CEO of Stellantis said they would find another model to build in Brampton. Ford says there's a third shift in Windsor coming and [----] positions from Brampton would be transferred. #onpoli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/1978507219655115254)  2025-10-15T17:04Z 94.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Five warm-up thefts in Vaughan and Rich. Hill today. Here's security cam footage of a BMW being stolen. Story at [--]. http://t.co/lwUM0S671P"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ColinDMello/status/557661413968478208)  2015-01-20T22:10Z 95K followers, [--] engagements

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