Two sons of the Ontario bureaucrat fired after the alleged theft of $11 million in COVID-19 relief funds are each suing Premier Doug Ford’s government for $1 million for “psychological” damages, the Star has learned. They say they are suffering from “anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder” due to the province’s “reckless and baseless” claims against them. The government also alleges Sanjay Madan was the kingpin in an elaborate $30 million “kickback scheme” before the pandemic through Ministry of Education computer consulting contracts. No criminal charges have been laid, but seven Ontario Provincial Police detectives are investigating. “The Ford government needs to come clean about what it did, and didn’t do to protect taxpayers’ money.

Source: thestar February 26, 2021 23:15 UTC