Ontario election: Ford under fire from opponents over PC ad filmed on Washington trip
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The Ontario NDP says it will be complaining to Elections Ontario and the integrity commissioner over a new commercial featuring Ford's partially taxpayer-funded trip to Washington.
The Ontario NDP is asking the integrity commissioner and Elections Ontario to investigate a campaign video from PC Leader Doug Ford’s trip to Washington D.C. this week, portions of which were supported using taxpayer resources.
The complaint was lodged after a new video was posted on social media Thursday morning showing Ford and two Progressive Conservative candidates walking around Washington D.C.
The video also included footage from an event at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and meetings with elected officials, which were paid for and organized by the government.
The video, uploaded to Ford’s social media page ended with the PC Party’s campaign slogan, Protect Ontario.
The footage was deleted several hours after it was first posted online on Thursday and re-uploaded to Ford’s social media account without the campaign slogan.
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles said Ford was using “his taxpayer funded photo op for partisan purposes” and said she would write to both the integrity commissioner and Elections Ontario to complain.
“Doug Ford keeps finding new and expensive ways to erode our democracy,” Stiles wrote in a social media post. “He’s using his position to further his own political goals first – he’s not looking out for Ontario jobs. Doug Ford isn’t on your side.”
The PC campaign defended the video in a statement.
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