Stan Cho Returns as Ontario Parliamentary Assistant, Months After Spending Scandal

Ford promotes MPP who resigned from cabinet over hotel expenses

Stan Cho’s appointment as parliamentary assistant prompts outcry from opposition parties who accuse the government of a lack of accountability

Stan Cho returns as Ontario parliamentary assistant, months after spending scandal

Just three months after resigning over a hotel spending scandal, Ontario's previous tourism minister is back in a new role at Queens Park.

Ford gives Stan Cho parliamentary assistant role three months after hotel-expenses resignation

Cho resigned his post as tourism, culture and gaming minister on July 17 after coming under fire for claiming $16,000 in Toronto hotel stays even though he lives a short distance away.

Ford gives Stan Cho new role in education minister’s office three months after hotel expense controversy

Paul Calandra praised the former tourism minister’s record, saying he was ‘actually very excited’ to have him on his team

Former tourism minister Stan Cho returns to government role after hotel expense scandal

The new role gives Cho responsibilities supporting the education minister, less than four months after his departure from cabinet. Cho now joins MPPs Jess Dixon and Billy Pang as parliamentary assistant to the Education ministry.