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Government lawyers acknowledge Doug Ford uses personal phone for Ontario business

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Ontario government officials are now acknowledging that Premier Doug Ford uses his personal cell phone for government business, but are refusing to divulge his phone logs, citing the need to maintain privacy of callers and the government’s inability to assess the nature of the phone calls.

Global News has been engaged in a months-long transparency battle with the Ontario government over the premier’s use of his personal cell phone for taxpayer-related business and the public’s right to access those records.

The government initially denied access to the records, claiming the premier’s personal cell phone number falls outside the scope of freedom of information laws, leading to an appeal by Global News to the province’s Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC).

“The practical reality is the premier performs many roles and is never fully off-duty,” the government’s submission reads. “Accordingly, the premier makes and receives calls in his different roles as necessary at all times of the day.”

Global’s Colin D’Mello has the details.

For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/9994462/government-lawyers-acknowledge-doug-ford-uses-personal-phone-for-government-business/

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