Premier Doug Ford has quietly appointed a Toronto police officer and a professor with Progressive Conservative links to sit on the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the Star has learned. The human rights commission was caught off-guard by the political appointments, which were made on Jan. 14 but have yet to be officially announced. Neither Arsenault nor Igneski were among about 330 applicants for commissioners’ posts submitted for vetting to Renu Mandhane, Ontario’s chief commissioner of human rights. In a written statement, Downey’s office said Arsenault and Igneski were named “to support and advance the commission’s mandate to provide leadership for the promotion, protection and advancement of human rights, and builds partnerships across the human rights system. “My priorities for the commission are non-partisan appointees, people with deep human rights expertise, including lived experience,” said Mandhane.

Source: thestar January 22, 2020 00:56 UTC