Doug Ford must clear the air over questionable nominations of Progressive Conservative candidates by asking the Ontario Provincial Police to conduct a province-wide investigation in the wake of new revelations, says Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne.Wynne cited a Globe and Mail report on Saturday that raises “deeply troubling questions about the widespread use” of customer data stolen from the company that operates Highway 407 and alleges supporters in nomination races were bused from one city to another or used fake identities.The story also alleges Conservative operative Snover Dhillon was a driving force behind several nominations where irregularities occurred, including use of fake identities.Dhillon declined comment to the Globe and could not immediately be reached Saturday, but said earlier this week he knew nothing of the data incident that 407 ETR has referred to as a case of “internal theft.”“Doug Ford asserted yesterday that these concerns were limited in scope to one riding only,” Wynne said, referring to the resignation of Brampton East PC candidate Simmer Sandhu, a former employee of 407 ETR. The data breach at the company is now being investigated by York Regional Police. Sandu has said any suggestions that he took data were “totally baseless.”“At least seven nominated Conservative candidates are implicated according to these media reports and a cloud of suspicion hangs over many others,” the Liberal leader added in a statement.Wynne remains a distant third in public opinion polls to frontrunner Ford with less than three weeks to go before the June 7 election.Asked about Dhillon in London on Friday, Ford responded: “Who? I don’t know any snow guy, or snowbird, or whatever you call him.”Speaking in Muskoka on Saturday, Ford repeated that he doesn’t know Dhillon, who he described as a “pal of Patrick Brown,” the PC leader ousted in January over sexual miscondu ...
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