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4 May, 6 tweets, 2 min read
#Breaking: RCMP investigating anti-teacher group linked to developer with strong ties to Doug Ford’s government thestar.com/news/investiga…
The RCMP is investigating Vaughan Working Families, a group that launched an ad campaign attacking Ontario teachers last year, which were an apparent contravention of the Election Finances Act, according to Elections Ontario. thestar.com/news/investiga…
The group took out full-page ads in the Star and other major newspapers in Feb. 2020 in advance of province-wide teachers’ strikes. The Star later apologized for running the ad. thestar.com/news/investiga…
Tues. morning, the provincial NDP raised the RCMP investigation in the ON legislature, asking Ford and education minister Stephen Lecce if “they’d like to tell Ontarians what they know about these attack ads.”

Both offices denied any involvement.
thestar.com/news/investiga…
The NDP described developer Michael DeGasperis as the chair of Vaughan Working Families. thestar.com/news/investiga…
DeGasperis was one of the land developers highlighted in a recent Star/National Observer investigation that explored the money, power and influence behind the government’s push to build Highway 413. thestar.com/news/investiga…

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