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Ann Elisabeth Samson
Co-Chair of Ontario Place for All, a grassroots coalition of over 30,000 supporters opposing the Ford government's privatization of Ontario Place. Key organizer of public opposition to the combined sewer overflow rerouting, including the January and December 2025 news conferences. Publicly disclosed that Infrastructure Ontario had notified the City of Toronto of the December 1, 2025 CSO construction start.
Connected Scandals
To prepare Ontario Place for a private Austrian spa, the Ford government rerouted a raw sewage overflow pipe into the West Channel of Lake Ontario — bypassing public consultation, exempting the project from environmental review, and proceeding over the objections of physicians, landscape architects, and 2,250 Ontarians who formally opposed the plan.
Co-led public opposition to the Ford government's plan to reroute combined sewer overflow into the West Channel. Coordinated advocacy that generated 2,250 public comments against the Environmental Compliance Approval application in early 2025 — forcing its withdrawal. Disclosed that Infrastructure Ontario had notified the City of Toronto directly of the December 1, 2025 CSO construction start.