The decision to disconnect Premier Doug Ford’s personal cell phone number came after Ford received “hundreds” of text messages from a single Montreal-based phone number, according to the Premier’s Office, making the phone unusable.
Ford’s Press Secretary Ivana Yelich says the belief within the Premier’s Office is that “special interest” groups used a robo-text service to send the premier messages on a variety of issues.
The result, Yelich says, was a constant barrage of text messages that forced Ford to turn off the phone and eventually disconnect the number entirely.
The decision to disconnect Premier Doug Ford’s personal cell phone number came after Ford received “hundreds” of text messages from a single Montreal-based phone number, according to the Premier’s Office, making the phone unusable.
Ford’s Press Secretary Ivana Yelich says the belief within the Premier’s Office is that “special interest” groups used a robo-text service to send the premier messages on a variety of issues.
The result, Yelich says, was a constant barrage of text messages that forced Ford to turn off the phone and eventually disconnect the number entirely.