SUDBURY—Election Act bribery charges against Premier Kathleen Wynne’s former chief of staff and a local Liberal organizer are unfounded, defence lawyers argued Thursday. “The premier and the Ontario Liberal Party believed that secrecy was very important,” McKercher said. An investigation by Ontario Provincial Police included tapes of conversations with Sorbara and Lougheed with the spurned candidate Olivier posted on social media. In one recording, Sorbara told‎ Olivier “we should have the broader conversation about what it is you’d be most interested in doing. ”Wynne has said previously the goal was to keep Olivier, who placed second in the 2014 general election to New Democrat Joe Cimino, inv‎olved in the Liberal party.

Source: thestar September 07, 2017 17:03 UTC