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Kara Ford
Kara Ford is the daughter of Ontario Premier Doug Ford. She holds a two-year broadcasting diploma from Conestoga College and previously worked at the Ford family's Deco Labels business, completed an internship at the now-defunct Sun News Network, and worked as a makeup artist and lash application specialist. In 2022, with no prior healthcare experience, she was hired at Runnymede Healthcare Centre — a 206-bed provincially funded rehabilitation hospital in Toronto. By 2025 she was earning $211,468 as Director, Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement, a 65% increase from her starting salary of $128,052.
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Premier Doug Ford's daughter Kara was quietly hired in 2022 at a provincially funded hospital with a two-year community college diploma and a background as a makeup artist — no healthcare experience. By 2025 she was earning $211,468 as Director of Strategy, outearning her own father's public salary, while her employer received tens of millions in Ford government capital funding.
Hired in 2022 with no healthcare background at Runnymede Healthcare Centre — a hospital substantially funded by her father's government — at $128,052. Promoted in 2024 to Director, Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement. By 2025 her salary reached $211,468, a 65% increase in three years, including a 33.9% single-year raise. The hospital received $1M in provincial funding the year she was hired, $10.7M in 2025, and a $15M federal-provincial agreement in 2026. Neither she nor the hospital responded to media inquiries.