Doug Ford’s PCs: For the Lobbyists!
A major investigation by The Globe and Mail has revealed what the New Blue Party has been warning about all along: the Ontario PCs are controlled by lobbyists and using tax dollars to reward insiders.
The report shows that Doug Ford’s PC government handed out $1.3 billion through their “Skills Development” slush fund.
The Auditor General found the money was distributed in a way that was “not fair, transparent, or accountable.”
Ford’s staff funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars to PC-connected companies, while better-qualified applicants were denied.
The Globe and Mail found that 28 percent of grant recipients hired lobbyists to lobby the very minister who approved their funding — up sharply from 17 percent when the program began in 2021.
Many of those lobbyists had close ties to Doug Ford and his campaign team.
Six lobbying firms run by Ford’s top advisers — including Kory Teneycke’s Rubicon Strategy and Amin Massoudi’s Atlas Strategic Advisors — were tied to $231 million in funding.
Meanwhile, individuals connected to several of the top-funded organizations donated over $100,000 to the PC Party since Ford took office.
PC Labour Minister David Piccini is now refusing to release the full list of who got taxpayer money and how applications were ranked.
The Ford PCs’ “Skills Development Fund” (a program that didn’t even exist under the prior Liberals) should never have been introduced.
Ontario’s debt is at a record high — more than $460 billion and climbing every day.
Interest payments alone now cost taxpayers over $1 billion every month. That is money that could go to hospitals, schools, or debt relief.
But instead of tightening the belt, Doug Ford’s PC government created new programs to hand out even more taxpayer cash.
And while PC-connected lobbyists, donors, and corporations line up for handouts, Ontarians are facing ever-increasing costs of living.
The New Blue Party believes in a different approach:
No new spending until Ontario’s finances are under control.
No corporate welfare. No backroom deals. No excuses.
Ontario doesn’t need another “progressive” government. It needs grassroots conservatives willing to stand up for the taxpayers.
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Belinda Karahalios
New Blue Party of Ontario
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