Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
Reporter with the Toronto Star's Queen's Park Bureau.
Connected Scandals
A Toronto Star analysis of Elections Ontario filings found five Ontario cabinet ministers' riding associations spent a combined $356,312 on "meetings hosted" across 2024 and 2025, at venues including a sashimi restaurant, a tequila bar and an axe-throwing establishment. The money came from donations that qualify for provincial tax credits.
Toronto Star Queen's Park Bureau reporter who analysed riding association annual reports filed with Elections Ontario for 2024 and 2025 and found five cabinet ministers' associations spent $356,312 in total over two years in the "meetings hosted" category, at settings including a restaurant serving Japanese sashimi, a tequila bar and an axe-throwing establishment.