Ontario PC MPPs face questions over hotel expenses as Cho resigns

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Progressive Conservative MPPs who charged hotel stays in downtown Toronto will repay the costs, but his office has not identified which lawmakers have already done so. The issue came to a head on Friday when Ford accepted Stan Cho’s resignation as tourism minister after he acknowledged more than $16,000 in hotel expenses over three years for stays in Toronto, where he lives. Cho said he had repaid the full amount before stepping down. The article says Cho was not the biggest spender among the PCs on hotel rooms. Charmaine Williams, Nina Tangri and Hardeep Grewal also billed more than $15,000 each over three years, with Grewal’s total reaching $27,275. Ford called the charges unacceptable, while opposition leaders urged more transparency about receipts and whether other ministers should also resign.