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A Message from the Ontario Federation of Labour –

Doug Ford wants to silence his critics by any means necessary. After a judge ruled key parts of his government’s anti-democratic Bill 254 to be unconstitutional, Ford is recalling the legislature to use the notwithstanding clause, a nuclear option, to override the constitution.

This desperate move attempts to prevent families from holding Ford accountable for the disaster in long-term care, silence parents and educators who urged him to make classrooms safer, and muzzle workers demanding paid sick days.

On Monday, Ford’s Conservatives will make their attempt to ram through this legislation. Join us and people across Ontario on *Monday, June 14 @ 10AM *to virtually pack the gallery and send a message loud and clear: *we will not let Doug Ford destroy our democracy.*

Please share this action with your friends & families and encourage them to join. A fact checker on the new changes to the Election Finances Act can be found below.

Fact Checker on the Election Finance Act from the Ontario Health Coalition –

1. The Ford government’s changes to the Act actually DOUBLED the allowed limits for donations to political parties (benefiting the PC Party the most), thus their rhetoric re. limiting big money is not truthful.
2. Ford’s changes to the Act also enabled candidates to double the amount they donate to their own campaigns benefiting wealthy candidates.
3. “Third party advertising” under the Act was defined to include all kinds of things not normally considered advertising. Included as 3rd party “advertising” is everything from a TV ad or billboard to posting a comparison of political party platforms on our own website, boosting a Facebook post or tweet, holding a townhall meeting on health cuts, or sending an email to a listserv.
4. Ford’s changes limited those communications about any public policy for a year before the election is called.
5. The Act also made almost impossible-to-manage restrictions on people belonging to two advocacy organizations.
6. Despite what is being reported now, the biggest spenders on “Third Party advertising” last election were Ontario Proud, construction companies, real estate developers, the Ontario Medical Association. Working Families and Unifor followed.