April 24th, 2019

Doug Ford must come clean on future of Ontario Food Terminal

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP Agriculture and Food critic, John Vanthof, issued the following statement after the Ford government refused to rule out the sale of the Ontario Food Terminal in Toronto:

“The Ford government must provide certainty to Ontarians as to what it intends to do with the Ontario Food Terminal.

Workers, food producers and independent retailers all depend on the Ontario Food Terminal, and they need to know if Doug Ford intends to sell it.

The people of Ontario who support the Food Terminal also need to know if Doug Ford plans to sell off their source of local and affordable fruits and vegetables.

By selling off the Food Terminal, Doug Ford will be favouring the largest supermarket chains in the province, over farming families and the people of Ontario who prefer to buy local.

Doug Ford needs to come clean on his plans for the Ontario Food Terminal. Too many people and their families depend on it."