Greenbelt scandal prompted rounds of ethics training: integrity commissioner [Video]

Ontario’s integrity commissioner says that he was asked to organize several ethics training sessions for senior Ford government figures after the Greenbelt scandal raised serious concerns about how key decisions were made.

In his annual report, Integrity Commissioner J. David Wake said the premier’s office asked him to refresh chiefs of staff on the rules around conflict of interest after the scandal, as well as more training initiatives he was asked to put on at the start of the year.

Wake authored one of two explosive watchdog reports into Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s Greenbelt land swap, finding an improper process had potentially alerted developers to the government’s plan to remove protected land around the GTA.

Former housing minister Steve Clark and his chief of staff were among those forced to resign during the scandal, which ultimately saw Ford abandon the plan and apologize for his attempts to take land out of the Greenbelt.

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