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All the questions piling up for the Premier

Plus: More PO moves

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Sabrina Nanji
Oct 19, 2026
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It’s been a hot minute since DOUG FORD has met with reporters, who (as I can attest) are no doubt champing at the bit. Here’s everything we’re itching to ask the Premier about:

— Bike lanes: As “Ford readied his war on bike lanes, provincial bureaucrats raised facts refuting his core arguments and had to call in extra staff to deal with a blizzard of public feedback, according to internal records obtained by the Star.” Recall: The Ford government is staring down another court battle as cyclists take their challenge to the Supreme Court, and as they protest the ongoing removal on Bloor West.

— Big questions on campus: “A recent pause on financial assistance payments to private post-secondary institutions in Ontario is affecting divinity schools, Canada's National Ballet School and many others, with students feeling unfairly swept up in what they describe as a trawling net-like policy.” The Canadian Press has the story.

Meanwhile: “Trillium…

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