FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 2,2025
QUEEN’S PARK, ON — Ontario Liberal Interim Leader John Fraser issued the following statement as the Legislature rose for the summer:
After eight long years in office, Doug Ford’s government is tired, out of touch, and increasingly focused on itself instead of the people it was elected to serve. This legislative session made that clearer than ever.
While families across Ontario struggled with the rising cost of rent, groceries, gas, and everyday necessities, Doug Ford spent $29 million on a private jet and sent taxpayers the bill. At a time when nearly 700,000 Ontarians are out of work, when our economy created 60,000 fewer jobs in 2025 than it did the year before, and when the province’s debt is racing past half a trillion dollars, the Premier’s priority was making his own travel more comfortable.
Students facing unprecedented housing costs and economic uncertainty were told they would have to pay more for college and university. At the same time, this government weakened Freedom of Information laws and fought to keep records hidden from public scrutiny.
And then there is the growing scandal surrounding the Metrolinx settlement. The government knows how many millions of taxpayer dollars were paid out through a secret deal involving one of Doug Ford’s closest friends. Yet they refuse to tell the people who paid the bill.
And now, after all of this, the government is leaving Queen’s Park until October 27. Twenty-one weeks. Nearly five months without the Legislature sitting, without Question Period, and without having to answer for its decisions.
At a time when families are struggling to make ends meet and serious questions remain unanswered, that is not leadership. It is arrogant. It is entitled. The people who elected us sent us here to work for them, not to disappear for nearly half a year.
The reality is that this government does not want to answer questions. It does not want Ontarians asking them. It wants to avoid scrutiny, avoid accountability, and avoid explaining why taxpayers are being asked to foot the bill for its secrecy, its scandals, and its luxurious lifestyle.
When students asked for help, they got cuts. When Ontarians asked for transparency, they got secrecy. When taxpayers asked for accountability, Doug Ford bought himself a private jet.
Ontario deserves more.