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submitted 1 month ago by scott_anon_21@lemmy.ca to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

Doug Ford just scheduled a late-night legislative sitting to ram through a law that would permanently hide his phone records from the public.

They're literally trying to do this in the dark. Hoping no one's watching.

Here's what's happening:

Ford's government is under active RCMP criminal investigation for the Greenbelt scandal.

Journalists have been fighting for three years to get Ford's phone records. Three judges ruled he has to hand them over.

So what did Ford do? He changed the law so he doesn't have to.

And now? He's scheduling late-night sittings to ram it through before anyone can stop it.

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[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If you don’t want your personal phone to be subject to record laws, DONT USE YOUR PERSONAL FUCKING PHONE

And how the fuck do you get to permanently undo the law you’ve been breaking for almost 10 years or however long this fat cunt has been fucking over our province.

I don’t give a fuck about Dogs personal texts, but HE is the one who mingled them with his premier records.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

The court should convene an emergency session even sooner and hold his administration in contempt.

[-] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

We should all start calling him dictator Doug.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So i dont know how the legal system would handle this, but if this passes, I imagine it would be challenged in court.

That could take years.

Once in court, could part of discovery now include his phone records which are now supposed to be hidden to show that they were used in a way that shows they should still be available?

Edit: just to add, im wondering if that would be possible specifically because they were supposed to be public until the law was changed. I imagine otherwise it might be considered fishing and disallowed?

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I imagine it would be challenged in court.

That is pretty much guaranteed

That could take years.

That is also guaranteed. By the time it's settled, Dougie and his cronies will be long retired.

[-] scott_anon_21@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

A suspicious mind might think that there was a connection between these things:

  • Premier Doug Ford vacations in Muskoka
  • A Bombardier Challenger 650 can land at Muskoka Airport
  • A Bombardier Challenger 650 can technically land at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport but is currently prohibited under the Tripartite Agreement between the City of Toronto, the federal government, and PortsToronto (commercial jet operations are banned at the island airport)
  • In early 2026, the Ontario government announced plans to take over the airport to expand the runway and lift the jet ban. Until these expansions occur, the Challenger 650 cannot operate there
  • Around the same time the Ford government makes concrete moves to exclude Ford and various others in his circle from Freedom of Information requests which might reveal the conversations our elected officials who work for us are having behind the scenes
  • People become aware of the purchase of Air Ford One aka The Gravy Plane at some point
  • Legislation to exclude the Premier and others from Freedom of Information requests passes this week

This sounds far too similar to behaviour we see South of our border with the only positive being that FACO if there’s enough noise. And I am not sure about “always”. I think it is much more selective but they did sell the plane back, this time.

Meanwhile Hospitals across the Province are running deficits and laying off more staff to make ends meet. So that Conservatives can pass more legislation for a user pay healthcare system rather than funding it properly.

It isn’t the people in government that will suffer. They can afford to pay when they need a bump to the front of the line. It is the average person that’s going to feel this the most.

We Ontarians either voted for this or allowed it to happen by not voting for another Party. I am personally disappointed that we have a full term of these shenanigans ahead of us and that we seem to have a society that values a scrabble for the top over looking after our neighbours.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Meanwhile at RCMP headquarters...

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