The contents of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s first set of mandate letters, handed to ministers after the party formed government in 2018 have been kept secret since his first election — a battle that has gone all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. Five years later, Global News obtained these letters from a source not authorized to release them publicly, and then independently verified their authenticity.
Over several days, a series of online stories revealed the contents of the Ford government’s first set of mandate letters in the Global News series ‘Mandated’. The photo illustrations I made support the stories, focusing on pertinent issues from the letters including housing, finance, transportation, infrastructure, healthcare, education and the environment while reinforcing the Global News brand.
