Ontario PC Party’s Spending on Jamaican Resorts Was to Surveil Bonnie Crombie: Sources
The party listed the resort costs under office and administration and declined to explain who benefited or why the nearly $3,000 was spent.
- The Progressive Conservative Party spent nearly $3,000 on Jamaican resorts in 2023, with sources confirming the funds covered an operation to "spy on" Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie during her vacation.
- Crombie checked into Ocean Eden Bay in December 2023, six days after winning the Liberal leadership, for a three-day vacation with her then-partner.
- Former deputy chief of staff Cody Welton posted a Jamaican flag emoji on X the day Crombie returned to Toronto, while the party declined to explain why payments were listed under "Other- Office & Administration."
- NDP Leader Marit Stiles called the mission "disgusting" and "despicable," while Premier Doug Ford's office denied he had "knowledge of this matter."
- This controversy follows broader scrutiny over taxpayer spending, including more than $120,000 in Toronto hotel stays by MPPs, for which Ford promised they will pay back "every penny.
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