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Last Updated: 06/08/2021 Visit ofl.ca for new updates Ford Tracker ACTIONS TO DATE (highlights) June 2021 • Accused by Premier Trudeau of deflecting criticism by slamming Ottawa • Accused of having the worst pandemic response between all of Canada’s premiers • Warned by Science Advisory Table of potential long-term effects on children’s academic record, and physical and mental health due to school closures • Prioritized patios and shopping re-opening before classrooms, according to Star editorial board • Threatening future of Ontario Place, despite it being on the city’s heritage registry, and a refuge for many during pandemic • Challenged by school boards and principals on Ontario’s plan to host outdoor graduations • Ridiculed for making decisions around schools based on conversation with a kid named Arthur • Accused of taking ‘unnecessary risks’ with kids’ education in Ontario May 2021 • Connected to private for-profit long-term care companies, Sienna and Chartwell, through Assistant Infrastructure Minister Stephen Crawford who holds shares • Received a death threat from an anti-lockdown protester • Slashed education budget by more than half a billion in 2020-2021, with $12 billion total shortfall over next decade, according to a Financial Accountability report • Accused of being “out of his depth” in series of letters to the editor by public • Counter-attacked by Trudeau government for shifting the blame on Federal Government for third wave • Seeking commercialization of TVO’s online learning content – a move some teachers are calling a “privatization scheme” • Proposed legislation that would fine anyone for sharing or recording Landlord and Tenant Board hearings up to $25,000, despite “open court” principle to ensure fair hearings 2 • MPPs described School Council and Black Student Success Committee as a “mob” pursuing a “woke” cancel culture after students decided to change their school’s name to better reflect community • Stopped unsafe work related to COVID only 24 times, out of 15,000 COVID-19 workplace violations • Failed to track 4.4 billion dollars in COVID-19 pandemic relief spending, according to Auditor General • Defended closure of outdoor amenities, despite advice from science table • Plummeted even further in the polls, to a low of 26 per cent support among respondents • Described as a “dead man walking” by Now Magazine’s Political Editor after poll was released • Refused to take accountability for auditor general’s scathing report on long-term care • Hired former campaign manager and lobbyist one year away from election • Charged ahead with “ill-conceived and meaningless” math proficiency test for beginning teachers, despite objections from teacher unions • Accused of forgery by social media users for tweet with doctored CTV article graphic about border measures • Called on by MPP Sol Mamakwa to support Bill that would ensure all Ontarians living in reserves can access safe drinking water • Connected to Vaughan Working Families, under investigation by the RCMP, through Vaughan developer who lobbied for Ford’s proposed highway expansion • Deflected blame for COVID-19 waves in an attack ad against Trudeau government’s border controls • Accused by Federal government of failing to follow-up on PC request to tighten border control April 2021 • Exposed top staffers knew a progressive Conservative MPP was going to St. Barts over Christmas • Gaslit province with tearful apology but no commitments for worker protections • Disappeared from public eye, leading to #WhereisDougFord trend on Twitter • Subject of scathing report by auditor general on failures of long-term care sector • Settled a $10 million dollar lawsuit over a movie about Rob Ford the same day science advisory table warned Ford about a disastrous third wave • Plummeted in the polls to an all-time low of a mere 31 per cent approval rating • Feigned ignorance on COVID third wave crisis, despite ample warnings from experts two months earlier 3 • Released a wholly inadequate, temporary “worker income protection” scheme, condemned by labour advocates, scientists and politicians • Failed to produce pandemic plan and protect residents in long-term care, according to a damning Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission report • Responsible for Highway 413 proposal that would add 700,000 tons of greenhouse gases per year, and cost $1.4 billion dollars in air pollution, according to Environmental Defence report • Beneficiary of deputy chief coroner’s report on death of at least three migrant farm workers that calls for better and safe housing standards and access to vaccinations and healthcare • Subject of Charter challenge against Bill 254 by teacher unions that argue limits on third- party advertising restrict freedom of expression and association • Subject of anger from families of long-term care residents who died from COVID, after release of auditor general report • Questioned by Toronto Star editorial board on how many lives Ford could have saved by introducing paid sick leave sooner than 14 months into pandemic • Stopped work only 24 times over four months, despite 15,000 COVID-19 workplace violations • Accused of responding insensitively to death of 13-year-old Brampton girl from COVID-19 • Failed to provide adequate vaccines to elderly people in high-risk areas • Billed by Toronto restaurant owner after Ford abruptly closed restaurants two weeks after prematurely opening patios • Pretended to faint after receiving AstraZeneca vaccine in London, angering the community who has been short-changed on vaccine availability • Exposed that government is tied to eight of Ontario’s most powerful land developers who own prime real estate near controversial greenbelt highway proposal • Accused all paid sick leave supporters of ‘playing politics’, despite non-partisan backing • Rejected by police departments in response to Ford’s draconian measures around police powers • Forced to backpedal on unrestricted police checks and banning playgrounds after huge backlash from police forces and general public • Condemned by Canadian Civil Liberties Association, who called police announcement the “Black Friday of rights slashing” • Failed to use the Ontario science table’s analysis to determine hot spot postal codes • Accused of giving vaccines based on Conservative votership in certain ridings, not scientific data • Repeatedly warned by the Ontario Human Rights Commission that the government’s hospital ICU protocol could be discriminatory • Charged with edging Ontario towards “a failed state”, by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario 4 • Almost forced scientific advisory doctor to quit given government’s refusal to implement worker protections and paid sick days • Banned outdoor recreational amenities, despite no advice from scientific experts to do so • Closed schools down because of high cases, a day after insisting schools are safe • Abandoned hardest hit Toronto neighbourhoods in vaccine rollout, vaccinating wealthy areas like Forest Hill at highest rates • Forced Laurentian University to cut over 60 programs and lay off almost 100 workers, instead of funding the university • Accused of mishandling financial woes of Laurentian University, leading to calls for resignation of Universities Minister Ross Romano • Halted 10,000 priority vaccination appointments due to poor planning on rollout • Failed to clean up mercury poisoning near Grassy Narrows First Nation, and allowed a surge in gold mining claims throughout Indigenous territory • Accused of failing the province, never being fit to lead, and asked to resign by columnists and general public on twitter (#Fordresign) • Called on by Toronto’s medical officer of health to introduce paid sick days • Postponed Zoom fundraiser with $1000 tickets amidst intensifying criticism around no paid sick days • Admitted his government ‘got it wrong’, but offered no changes or paid sick leave plan • Plummeted in opinion poll that revealed most Ontarians believe Ford is mishandling the pandemic • Isolated at home after aide tested positive for COVID-19, days after rejecting paid sick days • Rejected NDP’s paid sick leave motion again • Failed to provide paid sick days, despite the 83 per cent of Ontarians supporting the move March 2021 • Threatened $1.6 billion in cuts to an already starved education system, including even more lay-offs • Concealed a proposal to change provincial law that would clear the way for a devastating development project on protected wetland • Failed to divulge Ford’s press secretary lives with a Toronto Sun columnist who covers Queen’s Park • Stood idly as Deputy Chief of Staff launched a vulgar, sexually demeaning attack on a journalist for doing their job • Dismissed criticism of Conservative MPP attending an anti-abortion event organized by a group that compares abortion to the Holocaust 5 • Set province up for a record deficit over the next six to possibly eight years • Accused Ontario’s only Indigenous MPP of “jumping the line” for a COVID-19 vaccination • Neglected Ontario universities and colleges by providing only one fifth of the funding universities alone need • Waffled over whether March Break will be postponed again, creating uncertainty for educators and families • Accused of ignoring Ontario’s housing crisis entirely in Ontario budget, including access to mental health and addiction services • Charged Ontario school boards with paying for signs to promote province’s financial support for school construction projects, after budget cut $1 billion in education funding • Snubbed continuous