News flash: Liberals and New Democrats are angry at Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the PCs for awarding contracts to clients of like-minded lobby firms.

Second news flash: Liberals and New Democrats have conveniently forgotten that they did similar things to help friends, allies and others when they governed Ontario.

This, in a nutshell, is what caused a recent mini-explosion at Queen’s Park. To quote William Shakespeare, it’s much ado about nothing.

Ontario Auditor General Shelley Spence released an Oct. 1 report related to the Skills Development Fund. This provincial grant program was launched in February 2021 by the Ford government to deal with “emerging labour market challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic.” The fund has since become a “central part of Ontario’s workforce str

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