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MPP Stephanie Smyth says she’s accepted the premier’s apology for disparaging remarks he made Thursday about her former broadcast career. The comments came during a debate about a law that restricts public access to the records of the premier, cabinet ministers and their staff, in which Smyth claimed Ford was making it harder to hold him to account.
MPP Stephanie Smyth says she has accepted premier’s apology for disparaging remarks about her broadcast career
· The Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 27, 2026 6:43 AM EDT | Last Updated: 17 minutes ago
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MPP Stephanie Smyth says Premier Doug Ford has apologized for insulting remarks he made against her during a debate at Queen’s Park Thursday. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press)
An Ontario Liberal member of provincial parliament says Premier Doug Ford has apologized to her after he hurled a personal insult at her Thursday in the legislature.
Stephanie Smyth, who represents Toronto-St. Paul’s, says Ford reached out to her and she accepted his apology.
The comments in question came during a debate about a law that restricts public access to the records of the premier, cabinet ministers and their staff.
During a debate Thursday, Premier Doug Ford said the reason MPP Stephanie Smyth, a former broadcast journalist, is in the legislature is because ‘CP24 didn’t want her anymore.’ (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Smyth, who worked for decades as a broadcast journalist before entering politics, asked Ford why a premier who claims to be highly accountable is making it hard to hold him to account.
He responded by insulting her tenure as a journalist, then doubled and tripled down when the remarks were met with outcry and calls for apologies from the opposition benches.
Smyth says now that Ford has apologized, she hopes to see a focus on debating the issues when the legislature sits next in May.
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