Gerry Lougheed
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Judge acquits 2 Ontario Liberals in Election Act bribery caseA judge has acquitted two Ontario Liberals of bribery charges under the Election Act, in relation to the Sudbury byelection case.CanadaOct 24, 2017
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Lawyers argue for Ontario Liberal bribery case to be dismissedThe judge deciding a case against two Ontario Liberals facing bribery charges under the Election Act is questioning the merits of one of the charges against a former top staffer to the premier.PoliticsOct 10, 2017
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Lawyers call for acquittals mid-trial in Ontario Liberal bribery caseLawyers have filed written arguments for the directed verdict application that's set to be heard Oct. 10 in Sudbury, before the defence has even called any witnesses.PoliticsSep 29, 2017
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Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne takes stand at Liberal bribery trialOntario Premier Kathleen Wynne has taken the stand in a bribery trial involving a former top adviser and a Liberal fundraiser.PoliticsSep 13, 2017
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Kathleen Wynne set to testify at trial for 2 Ontario Liberals facing Election Act bribery chargesPat Sorbara, the premier's former deputy chief of staff and Liberal campaign director, and Gerry Lougheed, a local Liberal organizer, are charged under the Election Act, accused of offering would-be candidate Andrew Olivier a job or appointment to get him to step aside for Wynne's preferred candidate in a 2015 Sudbury byelection.PoliticsSep 12, 2017
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Man at centre of Ontario Liberal bribery allegations believed party jobs were on offerPat Sorbara, the Ontario Liberal Party CEO at the time of the allegations, and Gerry Lougheed, a local Liberal fundraiser, are facing bribery charges under the Election Act.CanadaSep 8, 2017
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Trial for 2 Ontario Liberals facing Election Act bribery charges beginsPat Sorbara, who was at the time the Ontario Liberal Party CEO, and Gerry Lougheed, a local Liberal fundraiser, are both accused - under the Election Act - of offering would-be candidate Andrew Olivier a job or appointment to get him to step aside for Thibeault, who was Premier Kathleen Wynne's preferred candidate.CanadaSep 7, 2017
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PC MPP apologizes for comments about Kathleen Wynne, Sudbury byelection trialOntario PC MPP Bill Walker issued a brief statement Wednesday evening to Global News and AM640 apologizing for his comments.PoliticsSep 6, 2017
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Trial for 2 Liberals facing Ontario Election Act bribery charges set to begin in SudburyThe Sudbury trial happens nearly simultaneously with another Liberal trial - related to the cancellation of two gas plants - which makes for terrible optics for the party.CanadaSep 6, 2017
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Ontario Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault to testify at Sudbury Liberal trialEnergy Minister Glenn Thibeault says he will testify at the trial of two Liberals facing bribery charges under the Election Act.PoliticsJul 27, 2017
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