In the latest episode of Sources, Ontario reporter @ericwickham.ca speaks to @jackhauen.bsky.social about what changes to Freedom of Information laws mean for Ontario.
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CJF Dr. Eric Jackman Award (Small) Finalist Spotlight: The Trillium was shortlisted for its reporting on how a provincial Skills Development Fund became a conduit for the Ontario Conservative government to reward its donors and friends with grants. /1
When we pushed the transportation minister on it, he said the amount of taxpayer money given to the premier's friend's company is "private."
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A Ford government minister didn’t attend the prestigious U.S. university his official bios claimed.
Michael Tibollo never went to the University of Southern California — it was the online-only ‘California Southern University.'
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Premier Doug Ford said he will not ban companies from charging two people different prices for the same item, saying that doing so would be “socialism.”
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ICYMI: Metrolinx has settled, for an undisclosed amount, a $500 million expropriation dispute with a development group that includes a close friend of Premier Doug Ford.
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Metrolinx said it fired the German partners who were supposed to take over GO trains because they couldn't meet deadlines.
Internally, however, the group found they were waiting on several key tasks being "blocked" by Metrolinx.
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Sources working on the project say Metrolinx simply stopped talking to them.
Leaked C-suite minutes, premier's office emails, and sources with first-hand knowledge flesh out a picture of what one former employee called "pure chaos."
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