Trucking group buying tickets for Ford fundraiser to raise issues with minister directly [Video]

As Premier Doug Ford fends off criticism that the Progressive Conservative government is engaging in cash-for-access fundraisers, Global News has learned that one transportation industry association is telling its members to purchase multiple tickets to a party event to “deliver one clear message” to the premier.

The Ford government has been on the defensive after it was revealed that cabinet ministers were given fundraising targets for the remainder of 2024 — a request that came directly from the PC Party’s chief fundraiser.

On Tuesday, Premier Doug Ford defended the practice, saying fundraising is a normal part of pre-election politics.

“We gotta raise money to run an election, just like the Liberals and NDP,” Ford told Global News during an impromptu interview at an unrelated event.

In the legislature, Attorney General Doug Downey has been called upon by the party to defend accusations of cash-for-access levelled by opposition politicians. While Downey denied the claim, one group …