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JP Hornick
OPSEU
JP Hornick is President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). Hornick criticized the Ford Fest photo that appeared to have been edited to remove the purple shirts of striking community and social-service workers, part of OPSEU's "Worth Fighting For" campaign, amid a strike of roughly 4,000 workers that began on May 25, 2026.
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."
As OPSEU President, Hornick criticized the edited Ford Fest photo that appeared to erase the purple shirts of striking community and social-service workers — part of OPSEU's "Worth Fighting For" campaign — from the crowd.