Mandated

The contents of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s first set of mandate letters, handed to ministers after the party formed government in 2018 have been kept secret since his first election — a battle that has gone all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. Five years later, Global News obtained these letters from a source not authorized to release them publicly, and then independently verified their authenticity.

Over several days, a series of online stories revealed the contents of the Ford government’s first set of mandate letters in the Global News series ‘Mandated’. These photo illustrations by Janet Cordahi support the stories, focusing on pertinent issues from the letters including housing, finance, transportation, infrastructure, healthcare, education and the environment.