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David Smith
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
David Smith is a Scarborough Progressive Conservative MPP. On June 23, 2026, he was one of two PC MPPs — alongside Attorney General Doug Downey — who posted an aerial photo of Ford Fest that appeared to have been edited to remove the purple shirts of roughly 850 striking community and social-service workers, making the crowd appear uniformly blue with PC supporters.
Connected Scandals
On June 23, 2026, two Progressive Conservative MPPs — including Attorney General Doug Downey and Scarborough MPP David Smith — posted an aerial photo of Ford Fest that appeared to have been edited to remove the purple shirts of roughly 850 striking community and social-service workers, making the crowd look uniformly blue with PC supporters. The Premier's Office denied doctoring the image, calling the change routine "colour correction."
Scarborough PC MPP who, alongside Attorney General Doug Downey, posted the aerial Ford Fest photo that appeared to have been edited to erase the purple shirts of striking community and social-service workers from the crowd.