The Ontario PC Party caucus was given a stern warning by Premier Doug Ford and Conservative strategist Kory Teneycke to stop leaking news tips to reporters, according to a news tip leaked to The Toronto Sun's Brian Lilley.
The source said that Brian Lilley and CTV's Colin D'Mello were both specifically named as journalists of concern.
Today the @OntarioPCParty caucus was warned by @fordnation and Kory Teneycke to stop leaking to reporters. They were warned about all media but specifically myself and @ColinDMello from @CTVNews. Caucus out on notice. #onpoli
— Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) April 12, 2021
In a tweet, D'Mello raised concerns over why Teneycke, "whose lobbying firm Rubicon Strategy has lobbied the Ford government on behalf of Amazon recently" was addressing caucus.
Teneycke served as the former vice-president of Sun News Network before its demise in 2015. He was also Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Director of Communications, and was the campaign manager for the Progressive Conservatives during the 2018 Ontario election.
More importantly, why is Kory Teneycke -- whose lobbying firm Rubicon Strategy has lobbied the Ford government on behalf of Amazon recently -- addressing caucus?#onpoli https://t.co/34q0TyvMuO pic.twitter.com/S7Gdv8DIJL
— Colin D'Mello CTVNews (@ColinDMello) April 12, 2021
D'Mello and Lilley are among a list of journalists who have reportedly received leaked information from the Ford caucus, often giving Ontarians a heads-up on big COVID-related updates before the Ford government is able to announce them.
This includes Ford's most recent stay-at-home order, rumoured travel restrictions within the province, and the pulling of the "emergency brake" measures.
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