Ford’s free pass from integrity commissioner shows plenty of leeway in Ontario ethics conventions

The public may want to concentrate a bit more closely than it has been on the actions of the premier and his colleagues.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the provincial integrity czar OK’d a party at his house in which guests, including people who do business with the government, purchased tickets and donated money to Ford’s daughter to pay for her wedding, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

February 15, 2023

OTTAWA—Basically, the first thing it says on the website of the Office of the Integrity Commissioner of Ontario is that it was established in 1988 “to encourage high standards of ethical conduct for Members of Provincial Parliament.”

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