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Colin DeMello

Colin DeMello

Queen's Park Bureau Chief at Global News Toronto and host of Focus Ontario; president of the Queen's Park Press Gallery.

Jun 10, 2026

speaker_1HOST
19:35
Why was the jet such a bigger flashpoint than the state of Ontario's finances?
19:42
Well, first of all, I'll just say that when they did balance the budget, it was by accident.
19:46
It was because they had a windfall of, I believe it was interest revenue or inflation revenue, and they totally balanced by accident, so to speak.
20:00
Well, what are we if not pedantic on this podcast? Come on.
20:05
Look, I mean, I think, like I said, right, I think you can kind of look at Doug Ford in almost two, well, three chapters.
20:13
But, you know, you can look at it before the 2025 election and after the 2020. election.
20:19
And I think his penchant for private travel really speaks to who he is becoming.

25 MINS LATER

speaker_1HOST
45:37
People just no longer believe in that key message.

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