"Zero Expenses": The Summer 2026 PC Expense Disclosures
In July 2026, expense records showed Progressive Conservative politicians billing taxpayers for travel and accommodation while Premier Doug Ford said he had "zero expenses." Ford, Labour Minister David Piccini and two staffers charged $11,709.85 for a July 2025 trip to a LiUNA union conference at a Disney resort in Orlando. Separately, Toronto-area PC MPPs billed more than $100,000 for overnight hotel stays under a "special circumstances" allowance despite living within 50 km of Queen's Park. Tourism Minister Stan Cho resigned, and the government moved to eliminate the accommodation category.
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"Within the Rules, and Zero Expenses"
The government recorded the Orlando trip as a ministry-related international mission. Ford said the hotel claims followed a rule all parties had agreed to, that his MPPs would repay the disputed amounts, and that his own expenses are zero.
"Maybe what you should do is look into my expenses and find out that I have zero expenses."
— Doug Ford, July 2026 (reported by Global News)
"$11,709.85 for Disney, More Than $100,000 for Local Hotels"
Expense records show Progressive Conservative politicians charged taxpayers for a union-conference trip to a Disney resort and for local overnight hotel stays, during the same period the Premier described his own expenses as zero. No motive is established; the records document the billings.
- $11,709.85 charged for Ford, Labour Minister Piccini and two staffers to attend a LiUNA conference at a Disney resort, July 14-16 2025source
- More than a dozen Toronto-area PC MPPs billed over $100,000 for local overnight hotel stays under a special-circumstances allowancesource
- The Ontario NDP tallied about $120,000 across 20 PC MPPssource
- Tourism Minister Stan Cho resigned over about $16,000; the government moved to scrap the accommodation categorysource
This section represents editorial interpretation of documented evidence.
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