TORONTO — Ontario’s integrity commissioner has found Premier Doug Ford did not break any rules when one of his close friends was hired as the province’s top cop last fall, but the recruitment process itself was flawed. In a report issued Wednesday, J. David Wake said Ford stayed at arm’s length from the process that resulted in Toronto police Supt. The premier has maintained throughout that he did nothing wrong and accused the opposition of politicizing the hiring process. Wake said that given the sensitivity of the relationship between the government and the police, an independent process to hire the OPP commissioner must be created. “There ought to be an established appointment process in place which is independent, transparent and readily activated with predetermined criteria and membership on the selection committee,” Wake said.

Source: National Post March 20, 2019 18:33 UTC