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Who is Ontario Forward? Behind the ad campaign teachers' unions have covertly launched against Doug Ford

iPolitics has learned that an organization running a series of attack ads against Premier Doug Ford, known as Ontario Forward, is actually comprised of the province's largest teachers unions.

Published Dec 2, 2024 at 8:18pm

Davis Legree
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Davis Legree
Who is Ontario Forward? Behind the ad campaign teachers' unions have covertly launched against Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to press at the Ontario legislature, in Toronto, on Monday, May 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Ontario's largest teachers' unions have organized a series of attack ads against Premier Doug Ford under the guise of a citizens group called Ontario Forward.

The advertisements, which have appeared on radio and YouTube, feature a narrator portraying Ford as beholden to the interests of corporate billionaires, with pictures of the premier spliced together with headlines about, among other things, Ontario Place and the Greenbelt scandal.

The commercials aren't focused on any particular policy issue, but are comprised of broader attacks on Ford's character.

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