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Ford Moves Piccini to Infrastructure Amid Skills Fund Probe

By Drooid · Sep 16, 2026, 2:12 AM UTC · How we work

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Premier Doug Ford moved David Piccini from Labour to Infrastructure.
The Minister of Labour’s chief of staff quit days after the shuffle.
$2.5 billion skills fund faces an ethics probe by the Ontario Integrity Commissioner.
Auditor general said the fund favored low-scoring applicants and Progressive Conservative-linked lobbyists.
Liberal interim leader John Fraser claimed the shuffles aim to hide the scandal.

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Premier Doug Ford moved David Piccini from Labour to Infrastructure.
The Minister of Labour’s chief of staff quit days after the shuffle.
$2.5 billion skills fund faces an ethics probe by the Ontario Integrity Commissioner.
Auditor general said the fund favored low-scoring applicants and Progressive Conservative-linked lobbyists.
Liberal interim leader John Fraser claimed the shuffles aim to hide the scandal.