Ford defends system of skills-development funding, won’t axe minister under fire

Ford defends system of skills-development funding, won’t axe minister under fire

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is defending his government's skills-development funding system that allows a minister to hand-pick recipients against the advice of bureaucrats, even after referring an audit of one company to the police.
Labour Minister David Piccini has

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