An Ontario Provincial Police deputy commissioner is headed to court to force the ombudsman to investigate the appointment of a friend of Premier Doug Ford to head the OPP. Ron Taverner was to be named OPP commissioner but has returned to his old job overseeing three police divisions in Etobicoke during a review of the appointment by Ontario’s integrity commissioner’s review. ( Dan Pearce/Metroland / Dan Pearce/Metroland )Blair’s lawyer, Julian Falconer, filed an application to Divisional Court “to determine and enforce the jurisdiction” of ombudsman Paul Dubé to review the OPP commissioner hiring process on an “expedited” basis. “Any recommendations by the integrity commissioner will be put before the MPPs, in assembly, to decide, via a vote,” he writes. Last month, the premier said it was “sour grapes” because the 32-year OPP veteran was a runner-up to Taverner.

Source: thestar January 09, 2019 21:33 UTC