OPP investigating another group given millions by Ford government Ontario cut funding to Jake’s House after ‘years’ of managing ‘issues and risks,’ including related to the disability charity’s ‘governance … and fiscal responsibility’

OPP investigating another group given millions by Ford government...

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That is correct!
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Labour minister has given PC donors’ companies 80% of for-profit businesses’ Skills Development Funds Most became donors or increased their donations after the SDF was created

"Labour minister has given PC donors’ companies 80% of for-profit businesses’ Skills Development Funds"...

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‘Adult entertainment club’ faces new questions after business licence filing and millions in provincial cash A business licence application is raising more questions about an ‘adult entertainment club’ that has come under scrutiny because of an alleged link to a provincial fund.

But unsurprisingly a strip club WAS successful...
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TTC 'unsuccessful' in provincial Skills Development Fund application Agency ‘anticipated’ funding for $1.6M apprenticeship program

TTC 'unsuccessful' in provincial Skills Development Fund application...

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‘Adult entertainment club’ faces new questions after business licence filing and millions in provincial cash A business licence application is raising more questions about an ‘adult entertainment club’ that has come under scrutiny because of an alleged link to a provincial fund.

‘Adult entertainment club’ faces new questions after business licence filing and millions in provincial cash...

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That's why Dougie shut down Queen's Park until the end of March.
He's hoping the whole thing blows over...
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Ethics watchdog to investigate David Piccini over Skills Development Fund Integrity commissioner's office confirmed the probe after the New Democrats and Liberals complained the minister violated the Members' Integrity Act.

Ethics watchdog to investigate David Piccini over Skills Development Fund!

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BREAKING: Integrity commissioner to investigate labour minister over Skills Development Fund Ontario’s NDP, Liberals filed complaints about David Piccini

Integrity commissioner to investigate labour minister over Skills Development Fund!

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Two companies listed under portfolio of Ontario Securities Commission-sanctioned CEO's firm got Skills Development Fund grants Another of Sayan Navaratnam’s companies was hit with hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties for allegedly ‘misleading’ investors

Two companies listed under portfolio of Ontario Securities Commission-sanctioned CEO's firm got Skills Development Fund grants.

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Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time

Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources

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Ford government seeks planning exemptions for training centres built with Skills Development Fund cash Premier Doug Ford is making sweeping exemptions to planning rules — all for the benefit of operators running worker training facilities built with money from the Skills Development Fund, warns

Ford government seeks planning exemptions for training centres built with Skills Development Fund cash.

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Here’s how unions that backed Doug Ford scored on funding applications Almost half of the 17 unions that endorsed Premier Doug Ford for re-election got nearly $40 million from the controversial Skills Development Fund despite low-ranked applications, according to secret ...

Here’s how unions that backed Doug Ford scored on funding applications.

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Martin Regg Cohn: Here’s why Doug Ford is in no hurry to fire his hapless labour minister David Picinni makes a better buffer than fall guy for the premier, Martin Regg Cohn writes.

Here’s why Doug Ford is in no hurry to fire his hapless labour minister...

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Star Editorial Board: Doug Ford’s latest scandal is almost too brazen to be believed It suggests Ford has established a system where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay

Doug Ford’s latest scandal is almost too brazen to be believed!
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Exec pay rises for Skills Development Fund recipients, including one tied to ‘adult entertainment club’ Executive pay jumped for many recipients of an Ontario job training grant, according to salary disclosure viewed by CTV News, including at one numbered company that partnered with an agency that later...

Unbelievable!
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Exec pay rises for Skills Development Fund recipients, including one tied to ‘adult entertainment club’...

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Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund Groups with the worst-ranked applications seeking money from Premier Doug Ford's $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund got, on average, the biggest payouts, according to a Star analysis.

Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund.
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This $4.79M skills funding application set off warning bells. Ontario’s labour minister approved it anyway A company that received $4.79 million from Labour Minister David Piccini through Ontario's Skills Development Fund was flagged by a bureaucrat over concerns it might use the money to buy

This $4.79M skills funding application set off warning bells. Ontario’s labour minister approved it anyway!

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Audit leading Ford government to ask OPP to investigate a company it paid $40M was started this year: premier’s office The ‘forensic’ probe of the company was launched in 2025, despite the government observing ‘irregularities’ two years ago

Audit leading Ford government to ask OPP to investigate a company it paid $40M was started this year: premier’s office...

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Secret data reveals which low-scoring applicants still received millions of dollars from the Ford government’s skills fund Secret government data obtained by the Star shows 26 applicants scoring 50 per cent or lower received $36.6 million from Premier Doug Ford's controversial Skills Development Fund earlier this year.

Secret data reveals which low-scoring applicants still received millions of dollars from the Ford government’s skills fund.

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Martin Regg Cohn: Ford government is tainted by what smells like a slush fund Public money for political loyalty delivered a big boost to the victorious Progressive Conservatives in last February's election, Martin Regg Cohn writes.

Ford government is tainted by what smells like a slush fund...

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‘Can’t make this up!’: Ford government faces questions over nearly $10M going to company with ties to ‘adult entertainment’ Ontario’s opposition parties are questioning the province’s labour minister about the possibility money from the $2.5 billion Skills Development Fund ended up at a company tied to an “adult entertainm...

‘Can’t make this up!’: Ford government faces questions over nearly $10M going to company with ties to ‘adult entertainment’!
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Venue of $10M Skills Development Fund recipient, partners now licensed as an ‘adult entertainment club’ For decades, Zlatko Starkovski has leased the historic Exhibition Place building, which hosted PC fundraisers and the party’s campaign manager’s wedding in recent years

Venue of $10M Skills Development Fund recipient, partners now licensed as an ‘adult entertainment club’!
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Doug Ford’s labour minister ignores questions about jobs data on Skills Development Fund As a Star story revealed last week, the ministry does not give a breakdown on whether the 100,000 fund-related jobs are full time, part time — or temporary.

Doug Ford’s labour minister ignores questions about jobs data on Skills Development Fund.

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Majority of Ontarians say Labour Minister should resign: poll Majority of Ontarians believe Labour Minister David Piccini should resign amid an ongoing stream of scandals, according to a new poll.

Majority of Ontarians say Labour Minister Piccini should resign over scandals: poll

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It's time for this guy to go!
But that would take Ford admitting that there IS a scandal
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Ontario labour minister’s wife lobbied for advocate of colleges that got millions in grants: records The wife of Ontario’s labour minister registered to lobby for an advocacy group for career colleges, and two of its members received millions from a government fund overseen by the minister, according...

Piccini needs to resign!
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"Ontario labour minister’s wife lobbied for advocate of colleges that got millions in grants: records"...

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Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund doesn’t track the type of work recipients got, insider says No one in charge of the $2.5 billion program knows whether the employment numbers are for full-time, part-time or temporary work.

WTF!
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"Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund doesn’t track the type of work recipients got, insider says"...

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Critics claim skills development fund is ‘circular economy’ of tax dollars, donations | Globalnews.ca Ontario Liberal MPP John Fraser claimed the process appears to be a 'scheme.'

Critics claim skills development fund is ‘circular economy’ of tax dollars, donations.

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