Ford will file appeal against court ruling to release personal phone records
Global News
The latest twist in a three-year-old transparency battle means the government has now twice lost its argument Ford should not have to make parts of his phone records public.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will fight against an order to hand over government-related calls made on his personal cellphone, arguing it would make private citizen information public — something the court ruling explicitly protects against.
The latest twist in a three-year-old transparency battle means the government has twice lost legal arguments that Ford should not have to make parts of his personal phone records public.
The premier said he will keep fighting.
“We’re going to appeal that,” Ford said on Monday. “I’m not going to break their trust, we’re going to make sure they’re confidential, and we’re going to have an appeal,” he added.
At the tail end of 2022, Global News filed a freedom of information request seeking access to government-related calls on Ford’s personal phone, a number he regularly publicizes, while his official device is unused.
The request was denied by the government, before the Information and Privacy Commission overturned that decision on appeal and told civil servants to work out which calls on Ford’s phone related to official business.
The government requested a judicial review of that decision in the Superior Court. Less than three weeks after hearing the arguments for a judicial review, a panel of three judges rebutted the request.
The premier, however, said he wouldn’t budge, arguing the calls he receives contain extremely personal details of his constituents.
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The latest twist in a three-year-old transparency battle means the government has now twice lost its argument Ford should not have to make parts of his phone records public.
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