After Ontario backtracks on landfill study, Liberals seek probe into donor links [Video]

The Ontario Liberals have asked the integrity commissioner to investigate the province’s decision to backtrack on an environmental assessment of a massive landfill expansion project backed by Progressive Conservative donors.

The Liberals want the integrity commissioner to look at whether Premier Doug Ford’s government gave the project special treatment because its developers are lucrative donors to his party.

“The actions of the Ford government around the expansion of the Dresden landfill undermine trust in our political system and raise serious questions about the potential influence of money on public policy,” said Liberal member of provincial parliament Ted Hsu, who requested the investigation.

“Today, we’re confronting a troubling question: is public policy in Ontario for sale?”

The 30-fold expansion of a dormant landfill north of the rural farming community of …