To: The Legislative Assembly of Ontario, The Office of the Integrity Commissioner, The Office of the Auditor General, and All Concerned Residents of Ontario

We, the undersigned residents of Ontario, call for the immediate resignation of Premier Doug
Ford. Over multiple years, and escalating into severe democratic, financial, and institutional
abuses from October 27, 2025, through today, his administration has repeatedly violated public trust, weakened democratic institutions, and enacted policies that have harmed Ontario's
economy, environment, and social fabric. The pattern is now undeniable: systemic governance
failure that fundamentally violates both domestic mandates and international standards.

This is not a lingering consequence of the pandemic. This is an active, ongoing accountability crisis stemming from a failure to meet the core constitutional and ethical standards of a provincial Premier.

I. Key Violations and Governance Failures
1. Corruption, Cronyism, and Misuse of Public Power
● The 2025 Auditor General report found that $742 million in job-training funds were
awarded to low-ranked applicants, bypassing fair review and raising deep concerns of
political favoritism.
● The Greenbelt land removals benefited private developers with close ties to the Premier's
inner circle, including the De Gasperis family.
● The Ontario Science Centre closure, paired with Ontario Line land transactions, appear to
have disproportionately benefited private landholders positioned to profit from
redevelopment.
● Public capital from the Skills Development Fund has continuously bypassed objective
public reviews, routing millions of dollars to low-ranked, private-sector applicants with
close ties to the administration.

2. The October 27, 2025 Election Power Grab
On October 27, 2025, the government introduced sweeping, unconstitutional changes to provincial election laws without public consultation. These changes actively rig the democratic playing field:
● Eliminate fixed election dates, enabling the Premier to call elections at will—potentially
extending his term to 2030.
● Raise individual donation limits from $3,400 to $5,000, effectively tripling the cap since
2018.
● Make controversial per-vote subsidies permanent without review.
● Remove pre-election spending limits for third-party groups, enabling unchecked corporate
lobbying.

 3. Legislative Absenteeism and Budget Diversion to Private Funds
● Premier Doug Ford has consistently displayed a profound disregard for parliamentary
accountability by failing to maintain a basic physical presence during critical legislative
assembly periods, leaving the province leaderless on the floor during severe economic
strain.
● Defying public procurement standards and basic fiscal transparency, core components of
the Ontario budget have been quietly shifted into private equity and investment pools
rather than being injected into crumbling public infrastructure, school boards, or municipal
health centers.

4. Healthcare Failures and Politicized Appointments
● Ontario remains critically short of $10/day childcare spaces—only 36,000 of the promised
86,000 have been delivered.
● Ford appointed personal ally Rueben Devlin as a healthcare advisor at $350,000/year,
exceeding the Premier's own salary.
● Privatization and chronic underfunding have worsened access to care, causing
unprecedented numbers of emergency room closures and severe staffing shortages in
rural, northern, and marginalized communities.

5. Education System Undermined & The 2018 Transition Trust Fund
● The government used heavy-handed back-to-work legislation to end the York University
strike, suppressing academic labour rights.
● Curriculum rollbacks and funding cuts have weakened Ontario's global competitiveness.
● The intentional destabilization of Ontario's public education system traces back to a secret
transition trust fund formed in 2018 during former Minister Stephen Lecce’s entry,
throwing a long shadow of untransparent financial frameworks over classroom resource
allocations.

6. The Weaponization of the Freedom of Information (FOI) System
Through deliberate legislative manipulation, the administration has systematically disabled
public accountability. The statutory response time for Freedom of Information (FOI) requests has been drastically pushed from 30 calendar days to 45 business days, paired with legal
frameworks allowing government bodies to stall investigations by delivering data "in stages" or
utilizing unchecked "second extensions." This creates an intentional wall of secrecy around
insider land deals and private fund transfers.

7. Multi-Million Dollar Ad Propaganda Scandals vs. FAO Financial Alarms
While independent Financial Accountability Office (FAO) reports flag severe economic
stagnation, a 0.3% decline in Ontario’s real GDP, and the sharpest non-pandemic quarterly job
loss since 2009, the government has redirected critical public cash to partisan marketing. Over $112 million has been squandered on taxpayer-funded promotional campaigns designed to
buffer voter perception—spanning a $75 million World Series ad blunder that utilized unauthorized archival footage of Ronald Reagan and triggered international trade friction, down to relentless, ongoing audio ad campaigns on streaming platforms like Spotify.

8. Metrolinx Transit Delays vs. Crony Enrichment
Commuters face historic transit bottlenecks and multi-year delays across major light rail and
subway expansions managed by Metrolinx. Yet, public records and land allocations demonstrate
that public transit funds and transit-adjacent real estate assets have been systemically
leveraged to benefit corporate real estate allies and political insiders positioned directly around
future infrastructure hubs.

9. Environmental Rollbacks and Climate Regression
● Bill 66 allowed municipalities to bypass foundational clean water protections.
● Cancellation of the Cap and Trade program reversed years of climate progress.
● Ontario is not on track to meet its 2030 climate commitments.

10. Intentional Neglect of Essential Institutional Staff
The human cost of this accountability failure extends deeply into the justice and correctional
systems. Frontline provincial correctional officers are routinely denied the structural, dedicated mental health support required for high-risk environments. This neglect is a direct result of ongoing understaffing and the refusal to allocate public resources to public safety workers, further illustrating a complete disregard for workplace safety and basic labor standards.

11. Housing Crisis, Democratic Erosion, and Human Rights Law Violations
● Local Democracy Slashed: Bill 5 slashed Toronto City Council mid-election, disrupted
Indigenous representation in land governance, and violated the constitutional Duty to
Consult. This actively contravened the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to
Action (#43 to implement UNDRIP and #45 to reaffirm nation-to-nation relationships).

● First Nations Exclusion: Ontario has generated record OLG revenues, yet First Nations report inequitable benefit and systematic exclusion from decision-making, threatening Indigenous economic self-determination.

● Housing Crisis as an Illegal Human Rights Violation: By favoring ultra-wealthy
developers through backroom land transactions, the government has intentionally
commodified shelter. By neglecting the construction of public, affordable housing, the
province stands in direct violation of the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), a treaty binding on Canada which protects the fundamental human right to adequate housing.

II. International Governance Scoreboard

To demonstrate the extent of this institutional decay, the following matrix scores Ontario's current performance against the official indicators of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the Open Government Partnership (OGP).

III. Calls to Action

We demand that the Government of Ontario immediately execute the following steps to correct these institutional wrongs:

1. Immediate Resignation: Premier Doug Ford must step down immediately for failing to fulfill the basic constitutional, ethical, and legal mandates of his office.

2. Restore Democratic Integrity: Rescind Bill 5, restore local democratic representation with full Indigenous consultation, and reverse the October 27, 2025 election law overhauls to reinstate fixed dates, lower donor limits, and protect third-party spending rules. Implement UNDRIP across all provincial legislation.

3. Establish Indigenous Governance Mechanisms: Create a permanent Indigenous Civic Council to advise on urban planning, environment, and economic policy, ensuring equitable gaming revenue sharing and upholding free, prior, and informed consent.

4. Restore FOI Transparency: Reverse the 45-business-day extension rules, eliminate "staged disclosure" loopholes, and fully restore the 30-day statutory limit for public information requests.

5. Halt Taxpayer-Funded Partisan Advertising: Immediately terminate all self-promotional provincial ad campaigns across digital media, including Spotify and international sports broadcasts, and redirect those hundreds of millions of dollars into frontline public health and education.

6. Launch Independent Forensic Audits: Initiate fully independent public inquiries into the 2018 Lecce transition trust fund, the diversion of public budget funds into private equity, the Skills Development Fund allocations, and Metrolinx land handovers around transit corridors.

7. Uphold Labor and Human Rights Standards: Guarantee immediate, non-stigmatized structural mental health support for provincial correctional officers, and realign housing development strategies to meet binding UN human rights criteria.

Ontario deserves a government that answers to its citizens, not to its corporate cronies.

Sign this petition to protect our democratic institutions, salvage our social safety net, and restore foundational integrity to our province.