Anaïs Bussières McNicoll
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Estimated cost to Ontario
$1.0B
Director of fundamental freedoms at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
Connected Scandals
Ontario's Auditor General found that $750 million in Skills Development Fund grants were awarded in a process that was "not fair, transparent or accountable." Ford's own campaign manager Kory Teneycke runs a lobbying firm whose clients received over $100 million — nearly 3x any other firm. The Premier's nephew's former chief of staff registered as a lobbyist immediately after leaving the Premier's office, and his clients received grants. Labour Minister David Piccini's office overrode civil servants' recommendations in over half of cases reviewed.
On the Labour Ministry's "insufficient resources" explanation for missing Information and Privacy Commissioner deadlines on Skills Development Fund freedom-of-information requests, the CCLA's director of fundamental freedoms said: "this is not a convincing explanation."