Skills Development Fund

• Ontario company at centre of OPP investigation donated to Peel police chief’s gala

  Keel Digital Solutions, which was approved for more than $35 million in government funding, has been accused of 'misleading' the province in an attempt to gain more funding.

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  Jan 13
  
• Ford government sues skills development fund recipient for alleged fraud

  The province is seeking $25.9 million from Keel Digital Solutions, which was also subject to a forensic audit now being investigated by the Ontario Provincial Police.

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  Jan 9
  
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• Ford stands by labour minister as integrity commissioner begins ethics probe

  The integrity commissioner accepted opposition requests to investigate whether David Piccini had broken ethics rules in how he selected applicants from the $2.5-billion pot. 

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  Jan 6
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• Integrity commission lays out philosophy ahead of skills development fund investigation

  Cathryn Motherwell, who was appointed integrity commissioner in April, recently offered a federal parliamentary committee a window into her thinking and priorities.

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  Dec 22, 2025
• Labour minister faces calls to resign over skills development fund ethics probe

  Piccini has faced questions over the controversial fund after the auditor general found the manner in which it had been handled was not 'fair, transparent or accountable.'

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  Dec 19, 2025
• Ontario integrity commissioner launches investigation into Ford’s labour minister

  The integrity commissioner wrote to both the Ontario NDP and Liberals to accept their requests for an investigation into Piccini and determine whether he broke ethics regulations.

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  Dec 18, 2025
• OPP launch investigation into company that accessed controversial training fund

  The Ford government has forwarded a forensic audit of Keel Digital Solutions to police after a probe of payments alleged "irregularities." The OPP is investigating.

  Politics

  Dec 8, 2025
• Opposition asks integrity commissioner to investigate Ford’s embattled labour minister

  The Ontario NDP is calling on the province's integrity commissioner to investigate the labour minister over a $2.5-billion skills program that favoured certain applicants.

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  Nov 25, 2025
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• Ontario labour minister blames civil servants for controversial funding decisions

  At Question Period, the government faced continued questions over the timing of the audit and why the province didn't freeze provincial contracts immediately.

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  Nov 18, 2025
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• ‘Not getting rid of him’: Ford defends embattled labour minister over skills funding

  The training fund was the subject of an investigation by the auditor general last month, which found it was 'not fair, transparent or accountable' in how it was handled.

  Politics

  Nov 17, 2025