Ford makes three more patronage appointments - 2019-06-21

Ford makes three more patronage appointments June 21, 2019, Marieke Walsh, iPolitics

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TORONTO—On the heels of a major cabinet shuffle, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has appointed two allies to lucrative posts abroad, and a third appointment has close ties to Ford's top advisor.

In total, Ford appointed four new advisors to trade posts abroad, their titles are all agent general. Two of them have close ties to the premier and the Progressive Conservative party and Global News reports that a third is connected to Ford's chief of staff, Dean French.

The new advisors have been appointed to Chicago, Dallas, New York City, and London for three-year terms. Those in the United States will make $164,910 annually and the advisor in the United Kingdom will make $185,000 annually.

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