Ontario cabinet ministers given fundraising targets ahead of potential early election [Video]

Progressive Conservative cabinet ministers have been given minimum targets for fundraisers in 2024, Global News has learned, as the party pivots for a potential early election next spring.

Days after the party’s late-summer caucus retreat in Blue Mountain, chiefs of staff in the Ford government received an email from the PC party’s fundraiser outlining the expectation for a donations blitz during the fall and winter months.

The early September memo, obtained by Global News, was sent by Tony Miele, the chair of the Ontario PC Party fund, to the official government emails used by chiefs of staff to Ford’s ministers.

“Hello cabinet ministers,” the email begins. ” It was great seeing you last week at the Caucus retreat.”

“I want to reiterate the importance that we need to be ready and fully funded for the next campaign,” the email states.

The Miele memo then prescribed exactly what’s expected of cabinet ministers as …