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OPP Notified Following Forensic Audit of Skills Development Fund Recipient, Province Says
The Ford government referred a forensic audit revealing irregularities in Get A-Head/Keel Digital Solutions to the Ontario Provincial Police and paused payments under review.
- Last week, the Ford government sent the forensic audit findings on Get A-Head/Keel Digital Solutions to the Ontario Provincial Police and said all payments are under review.
- A routine audit in 2023 flagged irregularities with Get A-Head/Keel, prompting a comprehensive forensic audit that was completed recently, Hannah Jensen, Premier's spokeswoman, said.
- The ministry's records show Get A-Head received SDF grants just over $7.5 million and was paid just over $8.5 million from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023, while Labour Minister David Piccini has links to Keel Digital Solutions.
- Opposition figures including Liberal MPP John Fraser and NDP Leader Marit Stiles renewed calls for Labour Minister David Piccini's firing, while the Ontario Liberals filed an ethics complaint with the integrity commissioner earlier this month.
- Auditor-General Shelley Spence found the distribution of over $1.3-billion in Skills Development Fund grants was not fair, transparent or accountable, while a Globe analysis showed a 60% rise in lobbyist-hiring since 2021.
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OPP notified following forensic audit of Skills Development Fund recipient, province says
Ontario’s government has sent a forensic audit of one of the grant recipients from a controversial multi-billion dollar jobs fund to the Ontario Provincial Police, the province confirmed Wednesday.
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Ford government sends audit of company involved in Skills Development Fund controversy to OPP
The province says it sent police details of a ‘forensic audit’ of a company it’s paid $37M, and whose lobbyist’s Parisian wedding was recently attended by the labour minister
·Cambridge, Canada
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