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Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

adma said:
Just wait; he'll probably use Ontario News Now as an alibi for shutting down TVO.
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I thought of that months back, since TVO was more avid at presenting facts to oppose the outright lies than most of the media at the time, and still are, but the province's share of supporting TVO is now a minority. I'll dig on that later and try and find the exact number.

Ford would love to kill TVO, doubtless. They epitomize everything that he hates.
 
JasonParis said:
I'm surprised that no TVO/TFO cuts have been announced yet to be perfectly honest.
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I was reviewing the TFO finances the other month when it seemed like a Ontario Francophone University was still on the cards.

Their finances showed revenues greater than costs, them meeting their 5-year business plan, all the while greatly expanding their programming and audience reach in those 5 years.

It would be a shame if they faced cuts. It would hardly be considered an 'efficiency'. Just another example of dogmatic buffoonery from Thug et al.
 
steveintoronto said:
I thought of that months back, since TVO was more avid at presenting facts to oppose the outright lies than most of the media at the time, and still are, but the province's share of supporting TVO is now a minority. I'll dig on that later and try and find the exact number.

Ford would love to kill TVO, doubtless. They epitomize everything that he hates.
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Northern Light said:
Perish the thought!
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Perish the thought indeed. Seems almost a waiting game before Doug announce some forced cutback, 'for the people' and 'everyone he talked to' said this, or something stupid. Having said that the Libs also filleted a bit off TVO by way of forced streamlining. Saturday Night at the Movies was dropped in the process. Tho they came through and helped keep over-the-air alive when TVO mulled cutting free access for all the province outside Toronto. Something like $2M/yr, but wouldn't be surprised if that's quickly cut and funneled to Ontario News Now fake garbage.

Anyway, current gov't is a joke. Never would I have thought they'd be this weird so early on. It's like 2010-era City Council all over again. It's embarrassing no matter what stripe. I have hard PC friends and they think Doug's an absolute disgrace of a leader, and it's only been six months lol!
 
44 North said:
Perish the thought indeed. Seems almost a waiting game before Doug announce some forced cutback, 'for the people' and 'everyone he talked to' said this, or something stupid. Having said that the Libs also filleted a bit off TVO by way of forced streamlining. Saturday Night at the Movies was dropped in the process. Tho they came through and helped keep over-the-air alive when TVO mulled cutting free access for all the province outside Toronto. Something like $2M/yr, but wouldn't be surprised if that's quickly cut and funneled to Ontario News Now fake garbage.
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I was thinking of how when ONN dispenses with the gov't propaganda, it fixates on the stupidest items (Ontario's most popular baby names, that sort of stuff)--and then it dawned on me: where's the *Ontario* in DoFo's Ontarioverse? I think of how strong a provincial identity was developed in the Robarts "A Place To Stand" years: a land with sites to see, places to go, etc...it's hard for me to see any of that in the DoFo era. It's like Ontario's good for being "industrious"...or the sites-to-see places-to-go are, like, big box retail--and potentially, of course, casinos...
 
adma said:
I was thinking of how when ONN dispenses with the gov't propaganda, it fixates on the stupidest items (Ontario's most popular baby names, that sort of stuff)--and then it dawned on me: where's the *Ontario* in DoFo's Ontarioverse? I think of how strong a provincial identity was developed in the Robarts "A Place To Stand" years: a land with sites to see, places to go, etc...it's hard for me to see any of that in the DoFo era. It's like Ontario's good for being "industrious"...or the sites-to-see places-to-go are, like, big box retail--and potentially, of course, casinos...
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Bloody depressing. 2019 can only get better, right ?
 
And the irony is, if we fold Godwin back against itself: Hitler's Germany *was* a place with a strong "sights to see, places to go" identity--it was built into the propagandic bedrock. Whereas DoFo is like the kind of kid who was, well, *bored* by all of that--and big deal, who needs provincial parks when the Fords have their own Muskoka cottage, etc. Indeed, he might as well use my Hitler invocation as an alibi to push back against that "just like Hitler" Robarts-era way of doing things.

Maybe what's key here is the utter absence of, or even contempt for, a "cultural" element--DoFo has no Wagner in him. He's less Triumph Of The Will than Triumph (the band, I mean). (And said cultural void explains why the erstwhile Ford radio/TV shows were so "what about them Leafs" vacuous and useless when they strayed from politics.)

Though so far at least, things haven't sunk to a Trump-ian stage--that is, Trump as the sort of leader who'd openly extol, in real time, something like Auschwitz-Birkenau as "beautiful".
 
Ford’s public financial disclosure shows he is sole owner of family business

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Doug Ford’s filing with Ontario’s integrity commissioner shows he is the sole owner of Deco Labels and Tags.

The Progressive Conservative leader’s filing was released online on May 29, three days before his brother’s widow launched a lawsuit against him. Renata Ford’s lawsuit alleges Ford improperly sold off Rob Ford’s shares in the family company and reorganized Deco Labels and Tags.

Allegations in the statement of claim have not been proven in court and Ford strongly denies them.
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The integrity commissioner’s public filing also shows that Ford’s wife Karla Ford draws a salary from Deco Labels and Tags and Commission from another Ford family company Deco Adhesive Products.

Deco Labels and Tags has long been described as a Ford family business, started by Doug Ford Sr. and then co-owned by the three bothers Doug, Randal, and Rob. But the disclosures released by the integrity commissioner show Doug Ford has the only stake.

The mandatory disclosure for a party leader was released online in the final weeks of the Ontario election. It follows a meeting Ford had with the integrity commissioner before the first leaders’ debate on May 7.
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Lawsuit alleges Rob Ford’s shares were improperly sold

The lawsuit alleges that Ford, as the trustee to Rob’s estate, sold Rob’s shares in the company against Renata’s wishes. It says the shares were sold to Randal Ford.

Ford, according to the statement of claim, “suggested that [Renata] sell to him Rob Ford’s 200 common shares of Deco Toronto. Doug Ford advised Renata Ford that owning the shares would just be stressful for her. Renata Ford declined that proposal.”

The statement of claim refers to the company Deco Adhesive Products as Deco Toronto, and Deco Labels and Tags as Deco Chicago.

It says Ford “entered into and completed an agreement with Randy Ford to sell 200 common shares of Deco Toronto, which had been owned by Rob Ford prior to his death and thereafter became a part of his Secondary Estate, to Randy Ford for a nominal purchase price of $1. The Deco Companies were reorganized into a new structure by which Randy Ford became the 100% owner of Deco Toronto, Doug Ford became the 100% owner of Deco Chicago.”
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Ford has vehemently denied all claims in the lawsuit.

“These claims relating to Deco are completely false and we will strongly refute them in court,” Ford said in a statement released by the party on Monday.

On Tuesday he doubled down on that saying “those claims are false and without merit and I can tell you this is going to be proven in court.”

On top of the financial disclosure that shows Ford is the sole owner of Deco Labels and Tags, an online federal corporation database search shows Ford is the sole director of Deco Labels and Tags and Randal is the sole director for Deco Adhesive Products.

Party spokesperson Melissa Lantsman declined to comment on the information disclosed in the public filing.
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Party won’t say if company was put in trust

After winning the Tory leadership, Ford promised to put his family’s label making business into a trust. The Progressive Conservative party won’t say whether he has done that and the Ontario’s integrity act doesn’t require him to do so unless he is a member of cabinet.

“Doug met with the integrity commissioner on May 7th and will follow all his recommendations,” read the one-line statement from Lantsman.

She wouldn’t say what recommendations were given and wouldn’t give a timeline for the recommendations.
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What’s in Doug Ford’s financial disclosure

The value of Ford’s assets and compensation isn’t allowed to be released in the public disclosures. But the information shows where his money comes from.
  • His income comes from a salary at Deco Labels & Tags, commissions from Deco Adhesive Products, and book royalties from Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.
  • Ford’s assets include a 100 per cent stake in Deco Labels & Tags, and a 100 per cent stake in the inactive Wise Labels & Tags, shares in BlackBerry Ltd, and a loan receivable from Wise Labels & Tags.
  • His liabilities include an unspecified number of mortgages and lines of credit with TD Canada Trust.
  • He is the president and director of Deco Labels & Tags and Wise Labels & Tags. And he is the vice president and director of Doug Ford Holdings Inc. and Doug Ford Holdings Subsidiary Inc.
Any financial disclosures from his children are not required because they are no longer minors but his wife’s are.
  • Her income comes from a salary at Deco Labels & Tags and commissions from Deco Adhesive Products (1985) Limited.
  • The disclosure lists no assets in her name.
  • Her liabilities include mortgages and lines of credit with TD Canada Trust.
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By Marieke Walsh. Published on Jun 5, 2018 6:52pm
 
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