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Publication Date: December 19, 2025 - 18:30
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Ford says Labour Minister will co-operate with Integrity Commissioner’s probe into handling of skills fund
December 19, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that his Labour Minister will co-operate with an Integrity Commissioner probe into the minister’s handling of the province’s $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund – but was silent about his future in cabinet.
The office of Integrity Commissioner Cathryn Motherwell confirmed late Thursday that Labour Minister David Piccini will face an investigation prompted by opposition complaints alleging he violated ethics rules in selecting recipients for the fund, which hands out cash to unions, employers and other organizations for training programs.
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Core national leaders of the “Coalition of the Willing,” an assemblage of mostly NATO states (minus the US and Russian hangers-on like Hungary and Slovakia), met in Paris last week to discuss the future of the Ukraine peace process. Prime Minister Mark Carney made the trip to underscore Canada’s role. French president Emmanuel Macron gave us a nice shout-out.
Two thundercloud shadows loomed over the meeting: the US raid on Venezuela and the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and continuing threats made by US officials, including the president, about Greenland.
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The remnants of an early-pandemic political scandal land at the Supreme Court of Canada this week in a case that could have widespread ramifications, as the top court considers the limits of citizens’ ability to challenge some government decisions.In June, 2020, then-prime minister Justin Trudeau said WE Charity, the international development group founded by the Kielburger brothers, would run a youth summer jobs program worth about $900-million. Conflict-of-interest accusations flared, and the plan was scrapped soon thereafter.
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