The Ontario Provincial Police anti-rackets squad is investigating a Ministry of Education employee after tens of thousands of dollars was pilfered from COVID-19 relief funds for families. “I can confirm that the OPP has received a referral from the Ministry of Education and has launched a criminal investigation into the allegations,” said Schmidt. “As the investigation is ongoing, we will not comment further to protect the integrity of the investigation. “It’s terrible, though, because we wanted to get this money to people struggling during the pandemic.”Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...Finance Minister Rod Phillips renewed the popular $380 million program in last week’s budget. “We’re spending historic amounts of money and we need to be very vigilant that dollars are getting to people,” Phillips told the Star’s editorial board on Friday.

Source: thestar November 13, 2020 12:55 UTC