Ontario Costs for Ford's D.C. Trip

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Ford election trip to Washington, D.C. cost taxpayers over $100K, docs show | Globalnews.ca

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Ontario taxpayers were on the hook for a six -figure bill covering Premier Doug Ford ’s trip to Washington , D.C. , during the snap winter election campaign, Global News can reveal.

Ford faced criticism in February after he took two separate trips to the U.S. capital after the writs had been drawn up.

His political opponents said Ford was using the threat of tariffs from President Trump to justify publicly-funded events during the campaign.

Critics say Ford used event to run election against Trump , instead of on domestic issues.

Ford 's office said purpose of the mission was to explain Ford ’s vision of integrated Canadian-American business to leaders in Washington , D.C. Ford said he had cleared the mission with the legislature's watchdog and that the premier and campaign team's travel had all been paid for by the party.

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