Opinion | What is Doug Ford hiding in his mandate letters to government ministers?

It’s a fight he has lost all the way to Ontario’s top court and is now appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Such secrecy is why many government officials — as well as the public — were caught off guard by Ford’s recent decision to grant the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa more powers, including the right to veto city council decisions. Kathleen Wynne was the first Ontario premier to release mandate letters. “Making mandate letters public makes it easier for people to see what we are working on, and how we can work together to build better lives for everyone across Ontario,” she said in releasing her 2014 mandate letters.Some Ford supporters defend his decision to keep the letters private, arguing that government confidentiality is vital to the operation of any government.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

BobHepburn Since the courts ordered him to produce them he should be held in contempt.

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BobHepburn What is fordnation Hiding in his Mandate Letters ? He’s desperate to keep them secret & out of public’s eyes he’s going all lengths to prevent release. Guess is the letters are riddled with PRIVATIZATION through out! We need to expose this to all to show what real intent is!

BobHepburn So NOW you've decided to give a shit! 🖕🏻

BobHepburn not costing Doug anything is taxpayer funded

BobHepburn Because there are no mandate letters.

BobHepburn Privatization.

BobHepburn Politicians should be required to transparency. It is like today when politicians refuse to answer questions that represents part of their policies!

BobHepburn Following the lead of the federal government

BobHepburn Glad you finally care.

BobHepburn Stop the bull shit

BobHepburn So why didn't you insist on an answer before you endorsed this criminal slug?

BobHepburn He needs to resign

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BobHepburn You can't believe a word that is written in the Liberal rag

BobHepburn OntarioPCParty fordnation Mandate letters / platform. 1. Decimate. 2. Privatize

BobHepburn ...Stephen Harper did the same thing...

BobHepburn Don’t be ridiculous and put it into perspective. In 15 years the liberals on,y produced mandate letters ONCE….that would be one time in 15 years. Why? Because mandate letters are irrelevant. Do better

BobHepburn Doug Ford never had any mandate letters and he doesn't have any now. They don't exist. That's why he can't release them.

BobHepburn “Sustainable public sector”? Deficit? Evidently Ontario has enough money if Doug Ford fordnation keeps wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on lawsuits. RepealBill124 onpoli onhealth onted 50kisnotok

BobHepburn They probably aren't even interesting, he is just petty.

BobHepburn He's probably included the hidden secret location of all the funds he's stolen from hmmm let's see who's left... not disabled children bc he's done that, not senior citizens as he's done that too .. my guess endangered animals are next on Fords personal money tree pick smh 🤷‍♀️

BobHepburn Lets do Trudeau secret mandate letters.

BobHepburn HEALTH CARE MATTERS PEOPLE MATTER PROTEST-Hamilton, City Hall, Sat. Aug.6th, 9am-12pm. Come out, tell everyone, start your own protest in your city! Stop waiting for someone else to fix things, use your political agency! Demand accountability. We are all health care consumers!ACT

BobHepburn We deserve to know!! We are paying him.

BobHepburn Yes, It's obvious to everyone where he stands-planning on privatizing hlth care, getting on board of directors for private hlth care corp, and reaping profits. Giving his developer friends lots of lucrative contracts.

BobHepburn Doug Ford is so much like Trudeau, and needs to be removed from office. They lie, cheat and cover up their wrong doings, so the taxpayers will never find out. That is why he is spending our money to hid the truth from us.

BobHepburn Wow this is only news now? Ffs

BobHepburn Kathleen Wynn did it? So Ford should do it ? Pffft.

BobHepburn Hmmm seems you are about 3 months and an election late

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DFisman BobHepburn Not costing him anything.

DFisman BobHepburn My money is on hospital privatization.

BobHepburn The government of transparency. Lol majority we are FLlCKED!

BobHepburn 'But I didn’t realize that he’s also keeping the letters secret even from key bureaucrats who help analyze and formulate government policy' Wow. That's a pretty big miss. Postmortem Accountability

BobHepburn I want to know. Enough of this bullshit. What is he hidding?

BobHepburn Oh this is an easy battle. fordnation will and shall provide the said documents. Nuff said

DrVivianS BobHepburn He is hiding how his buddies (Weston & Rogers families) will all profit from the privitization of healthcare and education.

BobHepburn Could have been mentioned by you guys before the election. Yep.

BobHepburn Wow, Biased ?

BobHepburn Wow did he just hide them on June 3rd? Asking for a few friends! colindmello robertbenzie cristina_CP24 CP24 sunlorrie brianlilley?

BobHepburn CBCNews covered this story in 2018! At least they tried. SCC_eng did us a disservice BEFORE the election by hearing it yet again, when it was judged to be released in previous courts. ReleaseTheMandateLetters onpoli Corruption CdnMediaFailed

BobHepburn Wow, where was this coverage before the election?

BobHepburn If everyone 'knows where he stands' on issues, why is he spending a fortune of your money to hide 'where he stands'? Make it make sense?

BobHepburn When will the supreme court make its decision?

BobHepburn Mandate letters are useless. A government is judged at election time, what they planned to do is irrelevant as for example Trudeau's promise of electoral reform shows. It is what a govt did or what one thinks they should've done along with one's leanings that determines vote.

BobHepburn Any legal 'battle' by the govt is also taxpayer dollars. Meaning the public wants to know what the mandate letters say - but the govt is using legal recourse to not show them - *with our money*!!! onpoli

BobHepburn Also - this is so weird. Weren't mandate letters public before with the Liberals? Or at least internally across govt. Does the Minister or the MO of each Ministry *only know* what's in them? I wonder if Doug is looking for a two-tier system in healthcare? onpoli

BobHepburn I would like to know where the 10 billion went for healthcare the federal government gave to Ford during COVID. Now he is screaming for more federal funds. I want to see an audit.

BobHepburn How about you write negative articles about Trudeau? Or you scared he will stop bailing you out?

BobHepburn What?! Mandate letters should definitely be public. How else will the public and the press hold government leaders accountable? onpoli

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