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Robert Benzie

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Queen's Park Bureau Chief Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/users/profile/robert-benzie/

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: Today is the second anniversary of the RCMP investigation into Premier Doug Ford’s Greenbelt land swap. But the Mounties have only interviewed one of the four‬⁩ Tories who lost their jobs in the fallout of the scandal.
#onpoli

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Two years later, top Tories who lost jobs in Greenbelt scandal still haven’t been interviewed by RCMP

Royal Canadian Mounted Police officials were tight-lipped when contacted about the second anniversary of launching their criminal inquiry.

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 1d

From the front page of the @TorontoStar, ⁦‪U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick warns tariffs are here to stay and Canada must settle for “second” in any trade deals. (Trump’s levies are costing American households $2,400 a year.)‬⁩

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Canada must come ‘second’ to U.S. in auto sector, Howard Lutnick warns behind closed doors

Appearing virtually, the commerce secretary told an audience at a Canada-U.S. conference in Toronto that the U.S. is determined to dominate the car-making industry.

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Premier Doug Ford has turned to an improbable ally in the raging trade war with the U.S.: a Republican president who popularized the slogan “make America great again.”
No, not Donald Trump, but Ronald Reagan.
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Ronald Reagan helps make Ontario’s case against Donald Trump in new ad

Tariff-battered Ontario is turning to an improbable ally in the raging trade war with the U.S.: a Republican president who popularized the slogan "make America great again."

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 3d

Joining @JulieMasonShow1 on @SIRIUSXM at 3:20 p.m.

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Donald Trump predicts Canada will be ‘very happy’ with trade talks during White House meeting

The American president praised the Canadian prime minister as a "good man" and a "tough negotiator" but said he could also be "very nasty."

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 3d

Joining @MooreintheAM on @NEWSTALK1010 at 8:45 am with @sunirachaudhri and @RichardCrouse.

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 3d

Joining @RebeccaZandberg on @CBCOttawaMorning at 6:45 am.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 4d

Joining @DavidWCochrane on @PnPCBC at 6:40 pm with @RickBellwrites and @l_stone.

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 4d

Joining @VassyKapelos on @CTV_PowerPlay at 5:15 pm with @lraitt, @ThomasMulcair, and @BrianGallantNB.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 6d

On the difference between the Common Sense Revolution and ⁦‪@_ProjectOntario‬⁩.
#onpoli

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Is there a new Common Sense Revolution taking shape?

A generation of young, smart, right-leaning activists is talking about the change they feel is needed in Ontario.

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 7d

Subscribe to the @thestar.com’s free This Week in Politics newsletter, which drops later today. Curated this autumnal Friday by yours truly.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 8d

Joining @Stefan_Keyes on @VassKapelosShow on @NEWSTALK1010 at 1 p.m. with @l_stone and @mikelecouteur.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 8d

MPP Chris Scott has broken his silence after being charged with spousal assault with a weapon. Scott was ejected from the ⁦‪@OntarioPCParty‬⁩ caucus by Premier Doug Ford.
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MPP Chris Scott breaks his silence after arrest for spousal assault

The Sault Ste. Marie MPP, now sitting as an Independent, issued a statement Thursday.

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 9d

NEW: @GovWhitmer and Premier Doug Ford agree that President Donald Trump's tariffs are hurting businesses, workers and farmers on both sides of the border.
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Donald Trump’s tariffs causing economic pain on both sides of the border, Michigan governor says

“Tariffs have been incredibly challenging for Michigan. Our economic lives are intertwined. We are virtually cousins,” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday at Queen’s Park after meeting with ...

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 9d

BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford’s government doled out $126 million in training cash to 64 firms that used lobbyists to push poorly rated applications, which is “not fair, transparent, or accountable,” the auditor general found.
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Ford government’s handling of Skills Development funds ‘not fair, transparent or accountable,’ auditor finds

In a critical audit, Shelley Spence said Ford’s Ministry of Labour awarded money to the “low- and medium-ranked applications” from the controversial fund.

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 9d

Joining @RebeccaZandberg on @CBCOttawaMorning at 6:45 am.
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‘I don’t know who these yahoos are’: Doug Ford dismisses new conservative group Project Ontario

A defensive Premier Doug Ford has dismissed the conservative activist organization Project Ontario as "yahoos" and a "radical right group."

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 10d

This is the ⁦‪@TorontoStar‬⁩ story I was discussing with ⁦‪@davidcommon‬⁩ on ⁦‪@metromorning‬⁩.
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‘I don’t know who these yahoos are’: Doug Ford dismisses new conservative group Project Ontario

A defensive Premier Doug Ford has dismissed the conservative activist organization Project Ontario as "yahoos" and a "radical right group."

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 10d

Joining @MooreintheAM on @NEWSTALK1010 at 8:45 am with @sunirachaudhri and Jack Reid.

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 11d

Joining @VassyKapelos on @CTV_PowerPlay at 5:15 pm with @lraitt, @ThomasMulcair, and @BrianGallantNB.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: Premier Doug Ford takes aim at ⁦‪@_ProjectOntario‬⁩, a new group that’s trying to get him to govern more conservatively. Some 120 conservatives registered to attend tomorrow’s launch event at the Gardiner Museum.
#onpoli

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‘I don’t know who these yahoos are’: Doug Ford dismisses new conservative group Project Ontario

A defensive Premier Doug Ford has dismissed the conservative activist organization Project Ontario as "yahoos" and a "radical right group."

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 11d

Morning in Toronto.

Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 12d

Sorry, but you are disseminating incorrect information. I have no idea who you are or what Minden Paper is. And I never “threaten to block” anyone, I just block them.

Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 12d

Robert, why did you threaten to block @mindenpaper.bsky.social when they contacted you with information about the govt.
allowing hospitals to carry debts for the past few years (which supposedly they are not allowed to do)?

Wouldn't that have been a scoop re privatization?

What's your agenda?

Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 12d

Joining @RosieBarton on RBL at 10:15 am and 11:20 am with @CharelleEvelyn and @tylerrdawson.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 12d

From the front page of the ⁦‪@TorontoStar‬⁩, Premier Doug Ford faces criticism from ⁦‪@_ProjectOntario‬⁩, which doesn’t feel he’s conservative enough.
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Members of his own party worry Doug Ford isn’t conservative enough. His supporters say, so what?

The three-term Progressive Conservative premier has long triggered Tories who feel he's drifted too far to the mushy middle of the political spectrum due to his reliance on public-opinion polling.

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 14d

Joining ⁦‪@onthebeat1‬⁩ on ⁦‪@CBCOntarioToday‬⁩ at noon.
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Doug Ford will outlaw municipal speed cameras this fall: sources

Sources say Ford's Progressive Conservatives will table legislation later this fall to outlaw the "automated speed enforcement" devices.

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 15d

Joining @VassyKapelos on @VassKapelosShow at 1 pm on @NEWSTALK1010 with @l_stone and ⁦‪@mikelecouteur‬⁩.
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Doug Ford will outlaw municipal speed cameras this fall: sources

Sources say Ford's Progressive Conservatives will table legislation later this fall to outlaw the "automated speed enforcement" devices.

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