Alina Snisarenko
CBC News
Alina Snisarenko is a journalist with CBC News. She obtained the internal Ontario government decision note showing that Premier Doug Ford's March 2026 trade mission to Texas cost $93,179, through a freedom of information request, and reported the story on August 19, 2026 with files from Lorenda Reddekopp.
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A decision note obtained by CBC News through a freedom of information request shows Premier Doug Ford's March 2026 trade trip to Texas cost taxpayers $93,179 — including a two-day "advance mission" to finalize logistics — while the document contained no breakdown of that figure and the premier's office did not provide one when CBC asked. Ford's expected meeting with Texas Governor Greg Abbott never happened.
Snisarenko obtained the decision note revealing the $93,179 cost of Ford's March 2026 Texas trade mission through a freedom of information request, and reported it for CBC News on August 19, 2026. Her reporting also documented that the note contained no breakdown of the cost and that the premier's office did not provide one when asked.