Ontario Premier Doug Ford is defending the funding process that saw one government ministry give money to a company even after another ministry identified “irregularities” that are now being investigated by the police.

The government asked the Ontario Provincial Police last month to look at the results of an audit on Keel Digital Solutions relating to funding they have been receiving for years from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities for student mental health services. The police said Monday that they have now launched an investigation.

The company has been the subject of testy debate at the legislature over the past several weeks, as a recipient of the province’s $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund from the Ministry of Labour.

Labour Minister David Piccini’s office gave the comp

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