Ontario Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development David Piccini at Queen’s Park in October.

The leader of Ontario’s NDP is asking the province’s integrity commissioner to investigate the labour minister, alleging he has breached ethics rules in handing out skills training funding.

Labour Minister David Piccini has come under fire for his handling of the Skills Development Fund, after an auditor general report found his office has been selecting funding recipients over the advice of bureaucrats.

NDP Leader Marit Stiles says in her complaint that she believes there has been preferential treatment and Piccini has violated several sections of the Member’s Integrity Act, including rules against using their office to improperly further private interests.

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