"Opposition parties are again calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to fire Labour Minister David Piccini over his handling of a $2.5-billion job training fund mired in controversy. The Ontario NDP and Liberals said Wednesday they are outraged by the auditor general's findings earlier this month that the process by which projects were selected for the Skills Development Fund (SDF) was "not fair, transparent or accountable." For a third-straight day, the fund dominated Question Period"
""When you have this kind of mismanagement and insider trading and money being shoveled over to people while people are out there trying to just put food on the table, how can you protect somebody who's doing that?" Ontario Liberal MP John Fraser asked Ford. "So I'll ask one more time: Why is this premier spending more time protecting his minister of labour than he is protecting"
Opposition parties demand removal of Labour Minister David Piccini over the $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund after the auditor general found project selection was not fair, transparent or accountable. The auditor general reported Piccini's office was heavily involved in choosing funded projects and allocated money to applicants ranked low by bureaucrats without documenting reasons. Opposition leaders accused the government of mismanagement, insider trading and preferential treatment that disadvantaged job seekers. Premier Doug Ford defended job-creation and investment figures while the fund, intended to address hiring, training and retention challenges, dominated Question Period at the legislature.
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