Ford Says He Disagrees with His Party's Opposition Research on Crombie's Vacation
The party allegedly spent nearly $3,000 on resort expenses and sent someone to track Bonnie Crombie during a Jamaica vacation, according to reporting.
- On Thursday, The Trillium reported the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party spent nearly $3,000 on two Jamaica resorts in 2023 to allegedly "spy on" Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie during her vacation.
- The alleged surveillance occurred in December 2023, six days after Crombie won the Ontario Liberal leadership, when she took a three-day vacation at the Ocean Eden Bay resort.
- Financial records show expenses of $1,000.05 at Ocean Eden Bay and $1,971.67 at the Royalton Negril Hotel, funded by party budgets partly comprised of taxpayer money via Ontario's per-vote subsidy.
- Opposition leaders condemned the action as an "extraordinary abuse of public money," while Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he learned of the incident Wednesday and disagrees with the tactics.
- Ford remarked that "things happen" in politics, though Crombie demanded accountability, stating "heads need to roll" regarding who within the Progressive Conservative Party authorized the expenditure.
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Ford disagrees with PC opposition research on Crombie's Jamaica vacation
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he doesn't condone his Progressive Conservative party sending someone to a resort in Jamaica where then-newly minted Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie was vacationing. But he did not harshly condemn the actions, saying he wouldn't do it but "things happen." Media outlets the Trillium and Policorner report that the Tories spent nearly $3,000 in 2023 on two resorts in Jamaica. 🎧 Local news stories that matter most to …
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