Police are now investigating the alleged theft of personal data from the company that owns Highway 407 in a case that is linked to the resignation of a Brampton-area PC candidate.“We did receive a request from the 407 and the York Regional Police’s major fraud unit is in the early stages of the investigation,” Const. Marina Orlovski said Friday.Earlier in the day during a campaign stop in London, Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford faced questions about the alleged breach and the possibility that other candidates may have had access to the names, addresses and phone numbers of 60,000 407 ETR customers that the toll highway believes to have been stolen.Ford’s opponents have urged Elections Ontario to investigate the matter as well.“As soon as we found out about it, we acted immediately — the candidate is no longer with us, we replaced the candidate and you are going to have to talk to the 407,” Ford said of Brampton East candidate Simmer Sandhu.“But let’s make no mistake about it: We take Elections Ontario seriously. It was very serious and we won’t tolerate anything like that in our campaign.”On Wednesday, Sandhu posted on Twitter that he would not run, saying anonymous accusations had been made “pertaining to both my work life and my nomination campaign” — allegations he planned to defend “vigorously.”While there have been media reports that a number of candidates may also have been involved, Ford said “as far as we know that was the only riding; we acted immediately.”Rival parties wrote to Elections Ontario Thursday, with the NDP urging an immediate investigation into any possible data breaches, and the Liberals asking for a probe of an April 29 PC fundraiser, which Ford said he mistakenly attended. Ford said Friday that the PC party is conducting an “internal investigation” after he went to the fundraiser, which is in clear violation o ...
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