Amanda Simard

🇨🇦⚜️ Former Member of Provincial Parliament/Municipal Councillor, Présidente sortante du Réseau international🌎 des jeunes parlementaires, Juris Doctor.

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

Premier Ford and his staff have flown on five separate private flights in a single year

The chartered flights cost anywhere between $1,800 to nearly $9,000 per person, depending on the distance, costing taxpayers a grand total of $143,498.16.

https://t.co/JBjy2tQ3R3

#onpoli

[Madalyn Calzavara @madycalzavara]

The Ford government's commitment to non-interference lasted about as long as this legislative session.

[John Michael McGrath @jm_mcgrath]

Average length of a Queen's Park sitting year since 1974: ~85 days
Average excluding election years: ~92 days
2026 sitting calendar to date + remaining per Standing Orders: 53 days

[Madalyn Calzavara @madycalzavara]

hmm guess he forgot about this then? https://t.co/9FlvBsIVUn

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

#Opinion Doug Ford has made MPPs into seasonal workers, and we all suffer https://t.co/8vqhrkRdTF #onpoli

[Siobhan Morris @siomoCTV]

Interim Liberal leader John Fraser just walked across the house to put a pin like this one on the Premier's desk. Doug Ford hasn't touched it

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

At Queen's Park, Tourism Minister Stan Cho yells that the Ontario Liberals had 15 years in government with "nothing to show for it but record debt."

In fact, Ontario's debt under the Ford government is set to cross half a trillion dollars next year under Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy

#onpoli

[Tom Parkin @TomPark1n]

One of JP Morgan's lobbyists to supersize the Island airport is Mark Lawson, formerly Ford's Deputy Chief of Staff

His lobbyist registration says Doug is one of his targets

After then he went to work for Therme. No doubt Doug never talked to Mark Lawson about that, either

[Greg MacEachern @gmacofglebe]

Re “rookie” @tylerwatt: he’s 35.

The Premier appointed his then 28 year old nephew to cabinet in 2022.

[Yvan Baker, MP 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @Yvan_Baker]

One of Canada’s greatest authors supporting one of Canada’s great charities! Amanda @ASimardL and I were pleased to attend the @CUFCanada’s 30th Anniversary Gala featuring @MargaretAtwood to celebrate three decades of Canadian generosity in action, humanitarianism, and critical support.

The evening featured an engaging conversation with Margaret Atwood, one of Canada’s most respected and important literary voices, whose reflections on democracy, freedom, and Ukraine’s struggle for sovereignty were both timely and inspiring.

Congratulations to the Canada-Ukraine Foundation on this remarkable milestone. For 30 years, CUF has provided vital humanitarian assistance, advanced critical projects, and strengthened the bonds between our two countries. Since 2022 alone, Canadians, through CUF, have helped raise and deliver more than $100 million in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.

Thank you to everyone who has supported CUF’s important mission over the past 30 years. As Ukraine continues its fight for freedom, the Foundation’s work remains as important as ever.

[Josh Matlow @JoshMatlow]

The Toronto Port Authority is holding their AGM on June 11th. I read their Financial Statements - and they raise big red flags about their hasty support of Doug Ford’s plan to bring jets to Billy Bishop Airport:

1) Ridership is down at Billy Bishop
2) Billy Bishop is relying on higher operating fees to prop up revenue
3) Based on current revenue, they’d have to forego any profit for between 80-300 years to pay for the expansion
4) Based on their 2017 Environmental Assessment, the decision was made against introducing jets, and those conditions have gotten worse - not better

Here’s my letter to the Toronto Port Authority. The public deserves answers to the following questions:

[Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood]

Who's behind the massive lobbying campaign to expand the island airport? What I discovered should worry us all https://t.co/RsSippjdUX via @torontostar

[Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy]

Local man seen yeeting multiple burner phones off Humber River bridge.
https://t.co/P8NJy4zMgi

[CTV News @CTVNews]

EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblowers say organized crime has infiltrated Canada’s largest airport https://t.co/xIPiWj1kzT

[Jack Hauen @jackhauen]

New: An expropriation dispute between Metrolinx and a company involving a close friend of the premier is one of the biggest — and strangest — that three Toronto expropriation lawyers have ever seen.

#onpoli

https://t.co/b0PbueQORA

[John Michael McGrath @jm_mcgrath]

The private jet never flew in government service and still somehow ended up on the Sunshine List.

[Jack Hauen @jackhauen]

New: The Ford government is refusing to say how much taxpayer money Metrolinx gave a development group that includes a close friend of the premier, over air rights the group didn't own.

The transportation minister said that's "private."

#onpoli

https://t.co/mvseL9xd09

[Dr. Adil Shamji 🇨🇦 @ShamjiAdil]

Try not to get dizzy:

Ford appoints millionaire friend Nick Simone to lead Metrolinx.

His OTHER millionaire friend Carmine Nigro sues Nick for $500M over airspace he didn't own.

One friend settles with other friend. It's your money.

Does Ford care about your money or theirs?

[David Brown 🇨🇦💪 @OrbitStudios]

Doug Ford called for Kathleen Wynne to be locked up, fyi.

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

In order to pump up numbers at this year's Ford Fest, the PC party is asking chiefs of staff to lean on "friendly stakeholders" to attend.

The party said it would also keep a list, leading to pay-for-play allegations from the opposition.

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