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'Fiscal Conservative' Doug Ford Blows $75M Of Public Money On U.S. Ad
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October 16, 2025
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11:57Now PlayingAfter already spending $52 Million on ads for the U.S. market last year, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has put down $75M on a new anti-tariff ad for the U.S. market while continuing to underfund vital public needs like health care and education.
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Sources:
(Clients of lobby firms connected to premier, his nephew given tens of millions in training funds, The Trillium)
(Government secrecy clouds $237 million in funding to groups that endorsed Doug Ford, Toronto Star)
(Ontario running $75M antitariff ads in U.S. aimed at Republicans, CBC News)
(Ronald Reagan Ontario government television advertisement shared by Doug Ford)
(Doug Ford “staunch fiscal conservative", h/t Colin D'Mello)
(75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’, The Guardian)
(Less Than One Third of Americans View Tariffs Favorably, Navigator Research)
(Colin D'Mello's report on Doug Ford's ad)
(Ford government commercials on Fox News, U.S. media cost tens of millions, docs show, Global News)
(Ontario is last in program spending again, CCPA)
(Ontario's health spending lowest in Canada in 20222023, CBC News)
(More Than Four Million Ontarians Will Be Without a Family Doctor by 2026, Ontario Family Physicians)
(New report highlights burnout of Ontario hospital staff amid employee shortages, CityNews)
(Ontario budget fails to address yearslong funding shortfalls, CCPA)
(Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies, CCPA)
(New study reveals Ontario spent $9.2 billion on forprofit staffing agencies over 10 years, OCHU & CUPE)
(Ontario falling short on reaching $10aday childcare goalsauditor general, CTV News)
(Colin D'Mello)
(Ontario has underfunded schools by $6.3 billion since 2018, CCPA)
(Survey of Ontario education workers, CUPE)
(Ontario budget fails workers and students, CUPE)
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