TORONTO – Ontario‘s strategic transformation adviser was fired Thursday as a report emerged that he had ties to Premier Doug Ford’s former chief of staff.
The head of the province’s public service says in a memo to staff that the transformation office is being dissolved and Peter Fenwick left effective immediately.
The memo from Steven Davidson says the decision was made to eliminate the office after reviewing the structure of the bureaucracy.
It came the same day that the Toronto Star reported that Fenwick has known Dean French for a long time, including being a life insurance customer of Ford’s now-former right hand man for 20 years.
Get daily National news
French abruptly left his post last month following news that at least three government appointees had personal ties to him.
Neither French nor Fenwick responded to requests for comment from The Canadian Press.
- Eby says Ottawa is rewarding Alberta’s ‘bad behaviour’ with pipeline agreement
- More Ontario stores to open on Victoria Day in move government says brings ‘flexibility’
- Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith seeks advice on next steps following nomination loss
- Lawful access bill could lead to exit from Canada, major VPN provider says
WATCH: (June 25) New controversy surrounding Ontario government appointments
.jpg?w=1040&quality=70&strip=all)
Comments
Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first.