Feb 21, 2022, Ford amends a provincial statute clearing the way for him to cynically delay the spring budget reading by an entire month, turning a routine Mar 31 financial blueprint into an Apr 28 election campaign springboard, a blatant abuse of his power over the purse; /2
Ford's stunt thwarted a provision enacted by the Liberals intended to prevent budgets doubling as treat bags full of vote inducements;
The law subjects any pre-election budget to a legislated process requiring specialized scrutiny. By design, Ford's fiscal plan escaped this.../3
The law subjects any pre-election budget to a legislated process requiring specialized scrutiny. By design, Ford's fiscal plan escaped this.../3
...examination;
The upshot is the budget was unveiled a mere 33 days before the June 2, 2022 election, maxing out Ford's ability to buy votes and target new spending based on contemporaneous polling.
The shameless Ford himself passed the Fiscal Sustainability, Transparency../4
The upshot is the budget was unveiled a mere 33 days before the June 2, 2022 election, maxing out Ford's ability to buy votes and target new spending based on contemporaneous polling.
The shameless Ford himself passed the Fiscal Sustainability, Transparency../4
..and Accountability Act in 2019, an "ironclad guarantee” obliging the finance minister to annually deliver a budget by Mar 31.
Ford's amendment brazenly exempts himself from a $9,200 delay penalty, ($5,800 for his finance boss) as the millionaire premier continues to choose../5
Ford's amendment brazenly exempts himself from a $9,200 delay penalty, ($5,800 for his finance boss) as the millionaire premier continues to choose../5
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