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Chris Glover

@chrisgloverndp.bsky.social
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Dad, Grandpa, Former Teacher, Skateboarder, ONDP Shadow Minister for Sport, Technology, and Democratic Reform, MPP for Spadina—Fort York www.chrisglovermpp.ca

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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The Toronto Star reports that Carney and Ford had a deal to expand the Billy Bishop airport... and that an expansion may still happen. ▶️ Sign the petition at: savetorontoislands.ca #ONpoli #cdnpoli #topoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The federal government is grounding any expansion of Billy Bishop airport, the Star has learned, after public consultation showed Torontonians are overwhelmingly against the idea. #ONpoli #TOpoli #nojetsto
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🚨 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 🚨 Ford is running away. When he has to face daily questions about his private jet, his destruction of public education and healthcare, and his undemocratic consolidation of power—his poll numbers go down. So he's off to his mansion in Muskoka. #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Ford's Greatest Hits: Number 3- "I'm the only Premier in history who refuses to fly on the government plane..." Number 2- "I will not touch the Greenbelt..." Number 1- ? Watch the video to find out. #onpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Ford's Gravy Plane Ford spent $28.9M taxpayer dollars to buy a jet for his private use. Wondering why he wants jets at Billy Bishop Airport? It'll cost at least another $1 billion tax dollars so Ford can land his jet in downtown Toronto. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Ontario buys used $28.9M private jet for Doug Ford: sources
A senior official confirmed that the province this week took possession of a 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 executive jet.
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Democracy or dictatorship? T̶r̶u̶m̶p̶, I mean Ford is: ▶️Gutting Freedom of Information so he can defy order to release his phone records ▶️Applying Bill 5 so he can break any law at Billy Bishop Airport ▶️Now, will appoint 8 Regional Chairs with powers to override Council globalnews.ca/news/1175717...
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Ford government planning to appoint regional chairs, give them sweeping new powers | Globalnews.ca
The same legislation will shrink the size of regional governments in both Niagara and Simcoe County, providing chairs their own version of strong mayor powers.
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Ford muzzles students. Graduates who are priced out of college or university because of OSAP cuts will not be able to mention OSAP at their graduations. Ford's Minister of Education threatens Boards where students make any political statements at their graduations. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Don’t 'engage in divisive or contentious issues of any kind,' says provincial memo on graduation ceremonies | CBC News
The memo, signed by Education Minister Paul Calandra and addressed to educators and school board staff, warns that failure by school boards to meet those expectations “poses a real risk to student wel...
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
“If records about gov't business can be shielded from scrutiny simply because they sit in a minister's office, public accountability is eviscerated.” Ontario’s Privacy Comm. is warning about Ford’s plan to weaken access to information. What is Ford trying to hide? globalnews.ca/news/1173029...
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Transparency watchdog blasts ‘shocking’ Ontario plan to hide premier cellphone records | Globalnews.ca
New policy will retroactively block the release of communications from the premier, ministers, parliamentary assistants or their staff through access to information requests.
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Doug Ford just gutted the law that allows Ontarians to request information about his government's policies These Freedom of Information requests helped uncover the Greenbelt scandal The ability to request information is why the Ford gov't is under RCMP investigation right now. #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
None of Ford's claims about the new Science Centre are true. Claim: estimated cost of new Science Centre is $322 million Reality: current estimate is $750 million www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Ontario Science Centre’s new home is smaller, worse and probably pricier
None of the Ford government’s main claims about this new facility at Ontario Place appear to be true
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Even the Godfather of AI, one of the world's most prominent scientists, is furious about Ford's Science Centre lies. #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Ford to students: “it's not a God-given right to take taxpayers’ money,” ... Unless you are my family dentist, you get $2M; or a friend who owns a strip club, i'll give you $10M; or you hire my campaign manager as a lobbyist, you'll get $100M. #ONpoli www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Don’t be fooled by Ford’s college and university funding announcement. He’s just continuing to download more costs and debt on to students for the most grossly underfunded system in Canada. #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Removing the hallway healthcare metric from Ontario Health’s public report doesn’t make the problem go away—it hides it. In 2024, an average of 1,390 patients a day were treated in hallways because of lack of beds. Now Ford wants to stop reporting on it #ONpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
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Hallway health care metric one of several 'to be retired' from health agency’s public report
The metric was not included in the latest Ontario Health annual report, with one emergency physician calling it ‘utter malpractice’ to not release the data publicly
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
15 years, $7.7 billion over budget, and devastating closures to over 300 small businesses. That is the history of this public-private partnership—otherwise known as a P3 project. www.thestar.com/news/gta/egl...
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Eglinton Crosstown LRT to open Sunday with reduced service, muted celebrations: ‘It’s too soon for a party’
Mandeep Lali said the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will open Sunday at reduced speeds and hours of operation.
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Doug Ford’s housing plan: ▶️ Paving the Greenbelt ▶️ MZO's to insiders ▶️ Strong Mayor powers ▶️ Attacking Conservation Authorities Great for making Ford's friends rich, but doesn't build housing.
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Donald Trump put a U.S. flag over Canada on a map in the White House. That’s not “trolling.” It’s a threat. Canada's sovereignty is not up for debate. We take this as seriously as Americans would—and we will fight back. #CDNpoli #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
How do conservatives keep getting reelected? With our money. They get tens of thousands of dollars from donors and give millions of our tax dollars in exchange. #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Ford gave his Minister of Education, Paul Calandra, total control of the 600 TDSB schools and the education of 240,000 students. Calandra just eliminated the maximum class cap of 32 students in Middle schools. www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...?
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Why has the TDSB supervisor rescinded a class size cap?
Trustees voted last March to cap class sizes in grades 4 to 8 at a maximum of 32 students. The TDSB’s supervisor rescinded that directive
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
TTC rejected for Skills Development Fund, Ford government appoints another Director of Education, Supreme Court to hear challenge of Ontario Place project. Let's recap another week in Ontario politics. #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Doug Ford has fought transparency every step of the way with your hard-earned taxpayer dollars. If there was nothing to hide, why the secrecy? #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1159745...
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Ontario court rules Doug Ford must turn over personal phone records | Globalnews.ca
An Ontario court says it is reasonable to conclude Premier Doug Ford uses his personal cellphone to communicate and that he should make those records public.
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
The Ford government has been in power for seven and a half years. How is Ontario doing? The numbers tell the story. #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
On the Friday before Christmas, Ford's Minister of Education announces he will be closing and selling schools in boards where the real estate is most valuable—Toronto, Ottawa, & Dufferin-Peel. www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
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Supervised boards could close schools, Ontario education minister says, but rural schools safe
Boards under supervision have been asked to look at underused sites and report back, Ontario education minister says in a year-end interview.
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
On December 1st, Ford began cutting the sewage pipes to allow for raw sewage to discharge along Toronto’s lakeshore and beaches. It’s a shocking abuse of power. Families deserve clean, safe beaches—not sewage dumps to support a $2.2 billion taxpayer-funded megaspa at #OntarioPlace. #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Ford just fired the TDSB director. He’s consolidating power over our children’s schools — not to improve them, but to privatize them. #OntEd
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Lise Vaugeois @lisevaugeois.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Doug Ford is giving us the 102 day disappearing act—shutting down Queen’s Park until March 23 while Ontarians face a cost-of-living and jobs crisis A government that won’t show up for work sure can’t fix the mess it made. Ontarians deserve better than this. #onpoli www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Ford government extends Ontario legislature’s Christmas break until late March
Premier Doug Ford's government is giving the Ontario legislature an unusually long Christmas break, extending it until March 23.
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
OPP investigating Skills Development Fund recipient, Conservatives' Intimate Partner Violence Report written by AI, Ontario legislature won't return until March, establishing a Commissioner for Democratic Rights. Let's recap another week in Ontario politics. #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Ford's strategy to privatize healthcare: ▶️Shutter operating rooms and cut hospital funding to the lowest level in Canada to create massive waitlists. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Ford government to allow some private clinics to do hip and knee replacements
The Ford government has approved licences for two clinics in the Toronto area, one in Ottawa and another in Windsor.
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
In 2025, Ford spent a record $112 million taxpayer dollars on ads promoting himself. For $30 million, he could have fixed the Ontario Science Centre's roof and kept it open for our children. #onpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Ford's solution to low test scores—hire consultants at $1500 a day. OR He could restore the $1500 per student per year that he cut from already underfunded schools. #ONpoli #OntEd globalnews.ca/news/1155754...
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Low EQAO test results trigger system-wide review of Ontario curriculum | Globalnews.ca
While the results represent a slight improvement from the previous school year, the government said the test scores are 'not enough' progress.
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
“The premier used to be a fierce opponent of the government gravy train. Remember that?” “Now he’s conducting it. Toot toot! All aboard!” Record $111.9 million spent on government ads last year. #ONpoli www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Ford government ads show the ‘gravy train’ is still rolling, critics charge
Taking aim at record spending of $111.9 million on government ads last year, critics say Premier Doug Ford is more interested in polishing his image than in helping Ontarians.
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Ford wasted at least $2.1 Billion taxpayer dollars -Auditor General ▶️$111.9 Million on partisan ads ahead of February election ▶️$400-$600 Million in potentially suspect healthcare billings ▶️$1.4 Billion on a stockpile of masks and PPE that are being thrown out #ONpoli globalnews.ca/news/1155560...
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Ford government sets spending record for commercials ‘promoting’ governing party | Globalnews.ca
Auditor General Shelley Spence’s annual review of advertising found, in the fiscal year ending in March 2025, the province spent $111.9 million on advertising.
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Ford's solution to the Skills Development Fund scandal. Applicants will have to disclose if they used a lobbyist. Of course, the Minister of Labour can just ask his wife, the lobbyist. #ONpoli #FirePiccini www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Ontario will require skills grant applicants to reveal if they hired lobbyists
Bowing to pressure, the Ontario government will soon require that groups hiring lobbyists for help getting millions of dollars from the $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund will now have to report
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
While Ford's friends, family, and dentist ride the gravy train—Ontarians go hungry. 🚨Feed Ontario report: 1 million Ontarians made 8.7 million visits to food banks last year—up 87% since 2020 #ONpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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More than 1 million people in Ontario needed a food bank in the past year: Hunger Report | CBC News
The Hunger Report released by Feed Ontario on Monday says more than one million people needed to access a food bank or hunger-relief organization in the last year and they made more than 8.7 million v...
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Ford's Gravy Train: Don't worry taxpayers, Ford's Minister of Labour says he takes his ethical requirements "very seriously." #onpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Bill 60 passed on Monday, new legislation on dangerous driving, MPP Gilmour's motion on women's economic insecurity. Let's recap another week in Ontario politics. #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Ford's gravy train Today's passenger? Ford's family dentist: ▶️$20,000 donation to Conservatives 💰gets $2 million taxpayer dollars from Skills Development Fund ▶️Return on Investment 9,900% #onpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Ford is violating our Freedom of Information (FOI) rights. By law, Ontarians have the right to view government documents. FOI requests exposed the Greenbelt & Ontario Place scandals. Ford's government is now refusing to comply with FOI orders. What other scandals is he hiding? #onpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Ford's gravy train rides over planning laws: Want to build a nightclub in a residential area? “They would simply have to claim they intend to use the bar to train service staff." -Rick Green, chair of the Federation of South Toronto Residents’ Associations #ONpoli www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Ford government seeks planning exemptions for training centres built with Skills Development Fund cash
Premier Doug Ford is making sweeping exemptions to planning rules — all for the benefit of operators running worker training facilities built with money from the Skills Development Fund, warns
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Spa could take 9 years. Of course, it may never get built 5 years after signing the contract, Therme still does not have an investor to build the spa at Ontario Place Not surprising, they lied about their financing to get the 95 year-lease on our parkland. www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Want a job on Ford's gravy train? Donate $6,208 to the Conservative party, get appointed to the Council overseeing College of Early Childhood Educators. No need to know what an ECE is. My colleague Alexa Gilmour questions the appointee in the Legislative committee. #ONpoli #OntEd
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Ford's reason for seizing control of Exhibition Place makes no sense. He says it's to access water & power lines for the Therme spa. But the water company doesn't take ownership of your property when it needs to access pipes on your land. #FordIsCorrupt #ONpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
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Doug Ford government offers reason for its unusual move to control Exhibition Place land
A spokesperson for the provincial government confirmed the reason Bill 68 included clauses about the ownership of Exhibition Place land.
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🚂 On Ford's gravy train, the last are first: Lowest scoring applicants got the highest taxpayer payouts. #ONpoli #firePiccini www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund
Until the Star obtained the database, scores were such a closely guarded secret the public didn't know the application scores of funding recipients.
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Shoppers Drug Mart rides Ford's gravy train: SDM pressures pharmacists to make unnecessary "medscheck" calls to customers at $75 each. Total cost to taxpayers? $225 million since 2020 *Pharmacists have launched a lawsuit against this unethical practice #onpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Shoppers Drug Mart billed $81M for MedsChecks in 2 years when COVID services waned | CBC News
Shoppers Drug Mart billed the Ontario government’s MedsCheck program $81.2 million for medication reviews over a two-year period when some of its current and former pharmacists said they were facing “...
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Ford's gravy train, Today's stop: Ford's Minister gave Keel Digital Solutions (now under OPP investigation) $4.79 million tax dollars in spite of staff warning the company could "use the money to buy its own software" & "directly profit the company.” #ONpoli www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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This $4.79M skills funding application set off warning bells. Ontario’s labour minister approved it anyway
A company that received $4.79 million from Labour Minister David Piccini through Ontario's Skills Development Fund was flagged by a bureaucrat over concerns it might use the money to buy
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Buried in the Fall Economic Statement, Ford's Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place. #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place. #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🚨OPP investigating Did Ford's Minister of Labour give $8.5M tax dollars to Get A-Head? A routine audit revealed "irregularities” with Get A-Head, a business owned by Keel Digital Solutions. #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Ontario taxpayers paid for a 401 tunnel study in 2021. Ford refuses to release it. Now he’s handing a $9.1 million contract to a company that’s being sued by the City of Toronto. Doug Ford: ”We are the only party that's fiscally responsible." #ONpoli
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Chris Glover @chrisgloverndp.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Want millions in tax payer 💰 from the Skills Development Fund? Hire a lobbyist. Proportion of successful applicants using a lobbyist is up 60% Lobbyists include Labour Minister's wife, Doug Ford's Campaign Manager, Conservative Party President. #PaytoPlay #ONpoli
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