Two packages of gravy sent to Premier of Ontario earns police visit for Durham woman

A Durham Region woman alleges she was paid an early morning visit Wednesday (July 17) from police after sending two packages of gravy to Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

In a tweet on the social media platform X (previously Twitter), Lynne Irwin said Toronto Police asked her if she did send a “suspicious substance” to the Premier of Ontario.

“They were referring to the two packets of gravy that I had sent to the Premier’s office,” said Irwin in her post. “I told them I had even called them to tell them that I was sending (it to) them and for them to expect a lot of gravy from angry citizens of this province.”

Irwin explained that she also enclosed a letter explaining why she had sent the gravy and added that she included his return address on the outside of the envelope.

“They asked me why I sent it,” she went on to explain. “I told them because Ford lied to us. We just wanted to send him gravy for his #GravyTrain.”

Irwin said police also went on to ask her which “app” she was on and where the gravy idea came from. Irwin said she was on Twitter (X) and provided her X profile name to the police.

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Police, Irwin said, thought the idea to send gravy was from Reddit.

“They then asked me for names,” she said. “Well, I didn’t give them any names. That is one thing that I do not do. I may send gravy mix to the Premier, but I don’t name names. I am not a rat.”

This isn’t the first time Premier Doug Ford has been sent packages of gravy.

This morning I was woken by 2 of Durham Regions’ finest who were sent out by @TorontoPolice to enquire if I did in fact send a “suspicious substance” to the Premier of Ontario.

They were referring to the 2 packets of gravy that I had sent to the Premier’s office. I told them… pic.twitter.com/UlRo6K7tUo

— L. Lynne Irwin (@LLynneIrwin) July 17, 2024

Earlier this year on April 16, the parts of Queen’s Park in Toronto were briefly shut down after a suspicious package sent to Ford turned out to be a package of powdered gravy.

Irwin said what “got me” was that the Toronto Police were called in after she sent the packets of gravy to the Premier’s office.

“I was told that our little Gravy Train rebellion tied up a lot of important police resources and they were not happy,” said Irwin. “I was thinking that they tied up resources again but sending not one, but two officers to my door.

“And who says that being 70 years is dull?”