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My latest. This story is based on FOI documents released before the Ford government changed the law. Under the new rules, the province will now be able to keep records like this secret.
Update to my story from the weekend:
The requests come in the wake of a Star investigation that looked into Rombout's time working for the provincial Ministry of Mines, where he directed bureaucrats at multiple ministries on how to advance a mining project, and his subsequent move the private sector.
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The Doug Ford government is moving to shield politicians from scrutiny. Here are secrets the new law would have kept under wraps
Anna Mehler Paperny
Internal documents raise questions on whether Kevin Rombout's move violated ethics law, an allegation that the province and the mining company deny.
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The Star has for decades used freedom of information legislation to hold governments to account.
My latest. This story is based on FOI documents released before the Ford government changed the law. Under the new rules, the province will now be able to keep records like this secret.
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Ontario’s integrity commissioner is being asked to investigate a former Ford government staffer’s move to a mining company whose project he helped advance while working for the province in 2024.
Both Ontario and the mining company say the rules were followed.
Star Investigation: As a Ford government staffer, he helped get through permits for a controversial gold mine. Now he works for the company as a lobbyist.
New from @emmamci.bsky.social:
Star Investigation: As a Ford government staffer, he helped get through permits for a controversial gold mine. Now he works for the company as a lobbyist.
New from @emmamci.bsky.social:
Amid questions about whether Kevin Rombout’s move violated an ethics law, both Ontario and the mining company say the rules were followed.
Health Canada has long said glyphosate is safe, even after a major study underpinning that conclusion was retracted in 2025.
But soon after that retraction, Health Canada quietly stepped up its oversight of glyphosate, records show. From @fxplante.bsky.social and me:
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
There have long been safety concerns about glyphosate. The WHO concluded in 2015 that it is “probably carcinogenic to humans.”
