Chris Glover
@chrisgloverndp.bsky.social
Dad, Grandpa, Former Teacher, Skateboarder,
ONDP Shadow Minister for Sport, Technology, and Democratic Reform, MPP for Spadina—Fort York
www.chrisglovermpp.ca
ONDP Shadow Minister for Sport, Technology, and Democratic Reform, MPP for Spadina—Fort York
www.chrisglovermpp.ca
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Chris Glover
@chrisgloverndp.bsky.social
· Nov 13
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
On the Friday before Christmas, Ford's Minister of Education announces he will be closing and selling schools in boards where the real estate is most valuable—Toronto, Ottawa, & Dufferin-Peel.
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
Supervised boards could close schools, Ontario education minister says, but rural schools safe
Boards under supervision have been asked to look at underused sites and report back, Ontario education minister says in a year-end interview.
www.thestar.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
On the Friday before Christmas, Ford's Minister of Education announces he will be closing and selling schools in boards where the real estate is most valuable—Toronto, Ottawa, & Dufferin-Peel.
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
On December 1st, Ford began cutting the sewage pipes to allow for raw sewage to discharge along Toronto’s lakeshore and beaches.
It’s a shocking abuse of power.
Families deserve clean, safe beaches—not sewage dumps to support a $2.2 billion taxpayer-funded megaspa at #OntarioPlace.
#ONpoli
It’s a shocking abuse of power.
Families deserve clean, safe beaches—not sewage dumps to support a $2.2 billion taxpayer-funded megaspa at #OntarioPlace.
#ONpoli
December 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
On December 1st, Ford began cutting the sewage pipes to allow for raw sewage to discharge along Toronto’s lakeshore and beaches.
It’s a shocking abuse of power.
Families deserve clean, safe beaches—not sewage dumps to support a $2.2 billion taxpayer-funded megaspa at #OntarioPlace.
#ONpoli
It’s a shocking abuse of power.
Families deserve clean, safe beaches—not sewage dumps to support a $2.2 billion taxpayer-funded megaspa at #OntarioPlace.
#ONpoli
Ford just fired the TDSB director.
He’s consolidating power over our children’s schools — not to improve them, but to privatize them.
#OntEd
He’s consolidating power over our children’s schools — not to improve them, but to privatize them.
#OntEd
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Ford just fired the TDSB director.
He’s consolidating power over our children’s schools — not to improve them, but to privatize them.
#OntEd
He’s consolidating power over our children’s schools — not to improve them, but to privatize them.
#OntEd
Reposted by Chris Glover
Doug Ford is giving us the 102 day disappearing act—shutting down Queen’s Park until March 23 while Ontarians face a cost-of-living and jobs crisis
A government that won’t show up for work sure can’t fix the mess it made. Ontarians deserve better than this.
#onpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
A government that won’t show up for work sure can’t fix the mess it made. Ontarians deserve better than this.
#onpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Ford government extends Ontario legislature’s Christmas break until late March
Premier Doug Ford's government is giving the Ontario legislature an unusually long Christmas break, extending it until March 23.
www.thestar.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Doug Ford is giving us the 102 day disappearing act—shutting down Queen’s Park until March 23 while Ontarians face a cost-of-living and jobs crisis
A government that won’t show up for work sure can’t fix the mess it made. Ontarians deserve better than this.
#onpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
A government that won’t show up for work sure can’t fix the mess it made. Ontarians deserve better than this.
#onpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
OPP investigating Skills Development Fund recipient, Conservatives' Intimate Partner Violence Report written by AI, Ontario legislature won't return until March, establishing a Commissioner for Democratic Rights.
Let's recap another week in Ontario politics.
#ONpoli
Let's recap another week in Ontario politics.
#ONpoli
December 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
OPP investigating Skills Development Fund recipient, Conservatives' Intimate Partner Violence Report written by AI, Ontario legislature won't return until March, establishing a Commissioner for Democratic Rights.
Let's recap another week in Ontario politics.
#ONpoli
Let's recap another week in Ontario politics.
#ONpoli
Ford's strategy to privatize healthcare:
▶️Shutter operating rooms and cut hospital funding to the lowest level in Canada to create massive waitlists.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
▶️Shutter operating rooms and cut hospital funding to the lowest level in Canada to create massive waitlists.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Ford government to allow some private clinics to do hip and knee replacements
The Ford government has approved licences for two clinics in the Toronto area, one in Ottawa and another in Windsor.
www.thestar.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Ford's strategy to privatize healthcare:
▶️Shutter operating rooms and cut hospital funding to the lowest level in Canada to create massive waitlists.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
▶️Shutter operating rooms and cut hospital funding to the lowest level in Canada to create massive waitlists.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
In 2025, Ford spent a record $112 million taxpayer dollars on ads promoting himself.
For $30 million, he could have fixed the Ontario Science Centre's roof and kept it open for our children.
#onpoli
For $30 million, he could have fixed the Ontario Science Centre's roof and kept it open for our children.
#onpoli
December 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In 2025, Ford spent a record $112 million taxpayer dollars on ads promoting himself.
For $30 million, he could have fixed the Ontario Science Centre's roof and kept it open for our children.
#onpoli
For $30 million, he could have fixed the Ontario Science Centre's roof and kept it open for our children.
#onpoli
Ford's solution to low test scores—hire consultants at $1500 a day.
OR
He could restore the $1500 per student per year that he cut from already underfunded schools.
#ONpoli #OntEd
globalnews.ca/news/1155754...
OR
He could restore the $1500 per student per year that he cut from already underfunded schools.
#ONpoli #OntEd
globalnews.ca/news/1155754...
Low EQAO test results trigger system-wide review of Ontario curriculum | Globalnews.ca
While the results represent a slight improvement from the previous school year, the government said the test scores are 'not enough' progress.
globalnews.ca
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Ford's solution to low test scores—hire consultants at $1500 a day.
OR
He could restore the $1500 per student per year that he cut from already underfunded schools.
#ONpoli #OntEd
globalnews.ca/news/1155754...
OR
He could restore the $1500 per student per year that he cut from already underfunded schools.
#ONpoli #OntEd
globalnews.ca/news/1155754...
“The premier used to be a fierce opponent of the government gravy train. Remember that?”
“Now he’s conducting it. Toot toot! All aboard!”
Record $111.9 million spent on government ads last year.
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
“Now he’s conducting it. Toot toot! All aboard!”
Record $111.9 million spent on government ads last year.
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Ford government ads show the ‘gravy train’ is still rolling, critics charge
Taking aim at record spending of $111.9 million on government ads last year, critics say Premier Doug Ford is more interested in polishing his image than in helping Ontarians.
www.thestar.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“The premier used to be a fierce opponent of the government gravy train. Remember that?”
“Now he’s conducting it. Toot toot! All aboard!”
Record $111.9 million spent on government ads last year.
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
“Now he’s conducting it. Toot toot! All aboard!”
Record $111.9 million spent on government ads last year.
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Ford wasted at least $2.1 Billion taxpayer dollars -Auditor General
▶️$111.9 Million on partisan ads ahead of February election
▶️$400-$600 Million in potentially suspect healthcare billings
▶️$1.4 Billion on a stockpile of masks and PPE that are being thrown out
#ONpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1155560...
▶️$111.9 Million on partisan ads ahead of February election
▶️$400-$600 Million in potentially suspect healthcare billings
▶️$1.4 Billion on a stockpile of masks and PPE that are being thrown out
#ONpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1155560...
Ford government sets spending record for commercials ‘promoting’ governing party | Globalnews.ca
Auditor General Shelley Spence’s annual review of advertising found, in the fiscal year ending in March 2025, the province spent $111.9 million on advertising.
globalnews.ca
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Ford wasted at least $2.1 Billion taxpayer dollars -Auditor General
▶️$111.9 Million on partisan ads ahead of February election
▶️$400-$600 Million in potentially suspect healthcare billings
▶️$1.4 Billion on a stockpile of masks and PPE that are being thrown out
#ONpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1155560...
▶️$111.9 Million on partisan ads ahead of February election
▶️$400-$600 Million in potentially suspect healthcare billings
▶️$1.4 Billion on a stockpile of masks and PPE that are being thrown out
#ONpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1155560...
Ford's solution to the Skills Development Fund scandal.
Applicants will have to disclose if they used a lobbyist.
Of course, the Minister of Labour can just ask his wife, the lobbyist.
#ONpoli #FirePiccini
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Applicants will have to disclose if they used a lobbyist.
Of course, the Minister of Labour can just ask his wife, the lobbyist.
#ONpoli #FirePiccini
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Ontario will require skills grant applicants to reveal if they hired lobbyists
Bowing to pressure, the Ontario government will soon require that groups hiring lobbyists for help getting millions of dollars from the $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund will now have to report
www.thestar.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Ford's solution to the Skills Development Fund scandal.
Applicants will have to disclose if they used a lobbyist.
Of course, the Minister of Labour can just ask his wife, the lobbyist.
#ONpoli #FirePiccini
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Applicants will have to disclose if they used a lobbyist.
Of course, the Minister of Labour can just ask his wife, the lobbyist.
#ONpoli #FirePiccini
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
While Ford's friends, family, and dentist ride the gravy train—Ontarians go hungry.
🚨Feed Ontario report:
1 million Ontarians made 8.7 million visits to food banks last year—up 87% since 2020
#ONpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
🚨Feed Ontario report:
1 million Ontarians made 8.7 million visits to food banks last year—up 87% since 2020
#ONpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
More than 1 million people in Ontario needed a food bank in the past year: Hunger Report | CBC News
The Hunger Report released by Feed Ontario on Monday says more than one million people needed to access a food bank or hunger-relief organization in the last year and they made more than 8.7 million v...
www.cbc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
While Ford's friends, family, and dentist ride the gravy train—Ontarians go hungry.
🚨Feed Ontario report:
1 million Ontarians made 8.7 million visits to food banks last year—up 87% since 2020
#ONpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
🚨Feed Ontario report:
1 million Ontarians made 8.7 million visits to food banks last year—up 87% since 2020
#ONpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ford's Gravy Train:
Don't worry taxpayers, Ford's Minister of Labour says he takes his ethical requirements "very seriously."
#onpoli
Don't worry taxpayers, Ford's Minister of Labour says he takes his ethical requirements "very seriously."
#onpoli
Ontario NDP asks for lobbying investigation into labour minister’s wife, who rejects allegations
Ontario NDP asks for lobbying investigation into labour minister’s wife, who rejects allegations
Labour Minister David Piccini and his wife say they have a formal ethics screen set up, co-ordinated by the integrity commissioner’s office
dlvr.it
November 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Ford's Gravy Train:
Don't worry taxpayers, Ford's Minister of Labour says he takes his ethical requirements "very seriously."
#onpoli
Don't worry taxpayers, Ford's Minister of Labour says he takes his ethical requirements "very seriously."
#onpoli
Bill 60 passed on Monday, new legislation on dangerous driving, MPP Gilmour's motion on women's economic insecurity.
Let's recap another week in Ontario politics.
#ONpoli
Let's recap another week in Ontario politics.
#ONpoli
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Bill 60 passed on Monday, new legislation on dangerous driving, MPP Gilmour's motion on women's economic insecurity.
Let's recap another week in Ontario politics.
#ONpoli
Let's recap another week in Ontario politics.
#ONpoli
Ford's gravy train
Today's passenger?
Ford's family dentist:
▶️$20,000 donation to Conservatives
💰gets $2 million taxpayer dollars from Skills Development Fund
▶️Return on Investment 9,900%
#onpoli
Today's passenger?
Ford's family dentist:
▶️$20,000 donation to Conservatives
💰gets $2 million taxpayer dollars from Skills Development Fund
▶️Return on Investment 9,900%
#onpoli
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time
dlvr.it
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ford's gravy train
Today's passenger?
Ford's family dentist:
▶️$20,000 donation to Conservatives
💰gets $2 million taxpayer dollars from Skills Development Fund
▶️Return on Investment 9,900%
#onpoli
Today's passenger?
Ford's family dentist:
▶️$20,000 donation to Conservatives
💰gets $2 million taxpayer dollars from Skills Development Fund
▶️Return on Investment 9,900%
#onpoli
Ford is violating our Freedom of Information (FOI) rights.
By law, Ontarians have the right to view government documents.
FOI requests exposed the Greenbelt & Ontario Place scandals.
Ford's government is now refusing to comply with FOI orders.
What other scandals is he hiding?
#onpoli
By law, Ontarians have the right to view government documents.
FOI requests exposed the Greenbelt & Ontario Place scandals.
Ford's government is now refusing to comply with FOI orders.
What other scandals is he hiding?
#onpoli
NEW: Ontario’s transparency watchdog has been forced to “intervene” after the solicitor general’s office repeatedly ignored orders to release information.
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
Ontario watchdog ‘intervening’ after solicitor general ignores transparency orders | Globalnews.ca
There have been several instances in recent years where the IPC has told the solicitor general's office to release information, only for the government to ignore the decree.
globalnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Ford is violating our Freedom of Information (FOI) rights.
By law, Ontarians have the right to view government documents.
FOI requests exposed the Greenbelt & Ontario Place scandals.
Ford's government is now refusing to comply with FOI orders.
What other scandals is he hiding?
#onpoli
By law, Ontarians have the right to view government documents.
FOI requests exposed the Greenbelt & Ontario Place scandals.
Ford's government is now refusing to comply with FOI orders.
What other scandals is he hiding?
#onpoli
Ford's gravy train rides over planning laws:
Want to build a nightclub in a residential area?
“They would simply have to claim they intend to use the bar to train service staff." -Rick Green, chair of the Federation of South Toronto Residents’ Associations
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Want to build a nightclub in a residential area?
“They would simply have to claim they intend to use the bar to train service staff." -Rick Green, chair of the Federation of South Toronto Residents’ Associations
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Ford government seeks planning exemptions for training centres built with Skills Development Fund cash
Premier Doug Ford is making sweeping exemptions to planning rules — all for the benefit of operators running worker training facilities built with money from the Skills Development Fund, warns
www.thestar.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ford's gravy train rides over planning laws:
Want to build a nightclub in a residential area?
“They would simply have to claim they intend to use the bar to train service staff." -Rick Green, chair of the Federation of South Toronto Residents’ Associations
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Want to build a nightclub in a residential area?
“They would simply have to claim they intend to use the bar to train service staff." -Rick Green, chair of the Federation of South Toronto Residents’ Associations
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Spa could take 9 years.
Of course, it may never get built
5 years after signing the contract, Therme still does not have an investor to build the spa at Ontario Place
Not surprising, they lied about their financing to get the 95 year-lease on our parkland.
www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
Of course, it may never get built
5 years after signing the contract, Therme still does not have an investor to build the spa at Ontario Place
Not surprising, they lied about their financing to get the 95 year-lease on our parkland.
www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Spa could take 9 years.
Of course, it may never get built
5 years after signing the contract, Therme still does not have an investor to build the spa at Ontario Place
Not surprising, they lied about their financing to get the 95 year-lease on our parkland.
www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
Of course, it may never get built
5 years after signing the contract, Therme still does not have an investor to build the spa at Ontario Place
Not surprising, they lied about their financing to get the 95 year-lease on our parkland.
www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
Want a job on Ford's gravy train?
Donate $6,208 to the Conservative party, get appointed to the Council overseeing College of Early Childhood Educators.
No need to know what an ECE is.
My colleague Alexa Gilmour questions the appointee in the Legislative committee.
#ONpoli #OntEd
Donate $6,208 to the Conservative party, get appointed to the Council overseeing College of Early Childhood Educators.
No need to know what an ECE is.
My colleague Alexa Gilmour questions the appointee in the Legislative committee.
#ONpoli #OntEd
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Ford's reason for seizing control of Exhibition Place makes no sense.
He says it's to access water & power lines for the Therme spa.
But the water company doesn't take ownership of your property when it needs to access pipes on your land.
#FordIsCorrupt
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
He says it's to access water & power lines for the Therme spa.
But the water company doesn't take ownership of your property when it needs to access pipes on your land.
#FordIsCorrupt
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
Doug Ford government offers reason for its unusual move to control Exhibition Place land
A spokesperson for the provincial government confirmed the reason Bill 68 included clauses about the ownership of Exhibition Place land.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Ford's reason for seizing control of Exhibition Place makes no sense.
He says it's to access water & power lines for the Therme spa.
But the water company doesn't take ownership of your property when it needs to access pipes on your land.
#FordIsCorrupt
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
He says it's to access water & power lines for the Therme spa.
But the water company doesn't take ownership of your property when it needs to access pipes on your land.
#FordIsCorrupt
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
🚂 On Ford's gravy train, the last are first:
Lowest scoring applicants got the highest taxpayer payouts.
#ONpoli #firePiccini
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Lowest scoring applicants got the highest taxpayer payouts.
#ONpoli #firePiccini
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund
Until the Star obtained the database, scores were such a closely guarded secret the public didn't know the application scores of funding recipients.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🚂 On Ford's gravy train, the last are first:
Lowest scoring applicants got the highest taxpayer payouts.
#ONpoli #firePiccini
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Lowest scoring applicants got the highest taxpayer payouts.
#ONpoli #firePiccini
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Shoppers Drug Mart rides Ford's gravy train:
SDM pressures pharmacists to make unnecessary "medscheck" calls to customers at $75 each.
Total cost to taxpayers?
$225 million since 2020
*Pharmacists have launched a lawsuit against this unethical practice
#onpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
SDM pressures pharmacists to make unnecessary "medscheck" calls to customers at $75 each.
Total cost to taxpayers?
$225 million since 2020
*Pharmacists have launched a lawsuit against this unethical practice
#onpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Shoppers Drug Mart billed $81M for MedsChecks in 2 years when COVID services waned | CBC News
Shoppers Drug Mart billed the Ontario government’s MedsCheck program $81.2 million for medication reviews over a two-year period when some of its current and former pharmacists said they were facing “...
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Shoppers Drug Mart rides Ford's gravy train:
SDM pressures pharmacists to make unnecessary "medscheck" calls to customers at $75 each.
Total cost to taxpayers?
$225 million since 2020
*Pharmacists have launched a lawsuit against this unethical practice
#onpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
SDM pressures pharmacists to make unnecessary "medscheck" calls to customers at $75 each.
Total cost to taxpayers?
$225 million since 2020
*Pharmacists have launched a lawsuit against this unethical practice
#onpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ford's gravy train,
Today's stop:
Ford's Minister gave Keel Digital Solutions (now under OPP investigation) $4.79 million tax dollars in spite of staff warning the company could "use the money to buy its own software" & "directly profit the company.”
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Today's stop:
Ford's Minister gave Keel Digital Solutions (now under OPP investigation) $4.79 million tax dollars in spite of staff warning the company could "use the money to buy its own software" & "directly profit the company.”
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
This $4.79M skills funding application set off warning bells. Ontario’s labour minister approved it anyway
A company that received $4.79 million from Labour Minister David Piccini through Ontario's Skills Development Fund was flagged by a bureaucrat over concerns it might use the money to buy
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Ford's gravy train,
Today's stop:
Ford's Minister gave Keel Digital Solutions (now under OPP investigation) $4.79 million tax dollars in spite of staff warning the company could "use the money to buy its own software" & "directly profit the company.”
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Today's stop:
Ford's Minister gave Keel Digital Solutions (now under OPP investigation) $4.79 million tax dollars in spite of staff warning the company could "use the money to buy its own software" & "directly profit the company.”
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...