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Ontario labour minister attended Leafs game, wedding with those seeking millions from Skills Development Fund: reports
The Skills Development Fund awarded nearly $750 million in grants with 54% going to lower-scoring applicants, raising concerns about fairness and political influence.
- On Jan. 17, 2023, David Piccini attended a Toronto Maple Leafs game with Michael Rudderham, a director of Keel Digital Solutions later awarded millions in SDF grants.
- Auditor General Shelley Spence concluded the Skills Development Fund awarded almost $750 million after political staff overruled non-partisan ministry officials.
- Documents detail specific SDF awards to Get A-Head, with $2.7 million and $4.8 million granted, and its directors donated over $8,000 to the PC Party.
- The labour minister's office said Piccini paid for his own tickets and hotels while opposition parties and Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles criticised the government and intensified questions.
- Wednesday Piccini revealed in a radio interview that the funded company received a `lower` ministry score as unemployment rose by 20,500 this past month.
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Ontario labour minister attended Leafs game, wedding with those seeking millions from Skills Development Fund: reports
The office of Ontario’s labour minister is downplaying reports he was at a wedding in Paris and photographed at a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game with those who stood to benefit from millions in government grants from his ministry.
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