Ms. Mulhern

A new poll by Abacus Data found 63% want Progressive Conservative MPPs to vote against their own government and defeat the province's planned changes to the FOI laws. Why? Because the poll found a majority believe the changes are "primarily intended to reduce government accountability." #onpoli

BREAKING: The New York Times is on to this now: ThermSpa is a corrupt company that lied to get the Ford deal (and he's thrown in a Science Ceentre too) A Wellness Company With False Claims, Global Aims and a Toronto Island savesciencecentre.com/false_claims

FOI request found taxpayers paid $100K for Ford, Lecce & Fedeli to wine & dine in Washington during a campaign. -$31,000 CAD to rent a "fireside chat" venue. -$11,500 reception -$18,222.50-drinks/catering. -thousands to fly/house up to 13 civil servants.

Ontario to miss federal deadline for publicly funding nurse practitioners cp24.com/politics/queen…

A must read. Dr. Gorfinkel gives a concise review of all the antisocial legislation passed by the Ontario Ford Conservative government against the broad public interest. Every awful law or policy manifests itself in the ER where I work. @DrGorfinkel thestar.com/opinion/contri…

NEW: The ⁦@TorontoStar⁩’s @reggcohn on Premier Doug Ford’s penchant for secrecy. thestar.com/politics/polit…

When you use a personal phone for government work, it becomes a government work phone. It is that simple. To destroy our freedom of information law in an effort to avoid accountability is the action of someone hiding something.

Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner is warning about Ford’s plan to weaken access to information: “If records about government business can be shielded from scrutiny simply because they sit in a minister's office, public accountability is eviscerated.” What is Ford trying to hide? #ONpoli

A few years ago, a friend was told eight months for an MRI for a non-emergency that was causing them a lot of pain/quality of life issues. Out of curiosity, I googled MRI clinics in Buffalo and called the first hit. Asked when they could take an appointment. Same day.

Ontario to introduce bill exempting Premier, cabinet from FOI requests theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Despite promising one of the most transparent governments in Ontario’s history, Premier Doug Ford is changing laws to block public access to his records. Critics say it proves he has something to hide. The government argues it protects candid cabinet discussions.

In ruling against Premier Ford’s efforts to keep his business calls secret, the Divisional Court ruled that FOI laws are “vital tools of democratic practice”. Ford didn’t like that and is trying to overturn the decision by changing the laws.

Back in January, Global News reported on Premier Doug Ford losing a court challenge over an FOI into his personal cell phone records. The decision would have compelled him to disclose those logs to the IPC. Changing the FOI laws = killing the FOI. #onpoli

New law will be RETROACTIVE. This will make it very difficult to follow the money on the Greenbelt Scandal & Skills Development Fund Scandal #onpoli

BREAKING: Ontario’s Information and Piracy Commissioner weighs in on premier Doug Ford changes to the FOI: “This amendment is about hiding government-related business to evade public accountability.” On Doug Ford’s use of a private cell phone for gov’t business: The Government of Ontario is currently seeking leave to appeal a court ruling that unanimously upheld my office's order to produce call logs from the Premier's personal cellphone that relate to government business. This is to ensure independent examination to determine whether they may be subject to access under the law. Based on evidence showing that the Premier routinely uses his personal phone to conduct government business, it is likely that they are. By changing the law retroactively, the government's message is plain: if oversight bodies get in the way, just change the rules. Full statement: #onpoli

Unimaginable. Ontario hospitals - already overstretched - are cutting front-line staff due to funding shortages. This is a funding crisis. Cuts won't fix things but make things worse. 10 hour ER waits and hallway medicine - remember - we had a choice. ottawacitizen.com/news/hospital-…

Toronto ER doctor @Raghu_Venugopal discusses with @MooreintheAM Doug Ford defending his government’s health-care record even as Ontario’s hospitals say they face a billion-dollar structural funding deficit. ihr.fm/4ddiRDS

I am deeply concerned about Ontario's serious hospital underfunding. The 0.7% funding increase is not near what hospitals need. We're going lose nurses, PSWs and beds. I'm already doing waiting room medicine in the ER. Thanks @MooreintheAM for talking to me about this crisis.

Ontario hospitals facing a $1 billion funding shortfall and massive cuts. Ontario has Canada's lowest hospital funding per capita. Ford's solution? Transfer $125 million tax dollars to for-profit surgeries that take staff from public hospitals, charge taxpayers twice as much for each surgery, and worsen wait times. #ONpoli #OntHealth cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

The public record shows that lack of Ontario hospital funding was flagged over and over again. 9000 nursing and PSW positions to be lost by 2027-2028 and 2400 hospital bed closures. This is a clear danger to the public's health. We were warned. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…