In court documents, former deputy commissioner says termination was ‘attempt to muzzle me’; province argues officer breached his oath of office
An outspoken OPP commander says his termination this week is reprisal for his ongoing legal battle over the hiring of Premier Doug Ford’s friend as the next provincial police commissioner.
“It is clear by [Monday’s] actions regarding my termination, that Deputy Minister Di Tommaso does not appreciate what a conflict of interest is,” Mr. Blair writes in an affidavit.In his hand-delivered letter explaining Mr. Blair’s termination, Mr. Di Tommaso says Mr. Blair failed to heed his warning about respecting confidentiality when the former OPP commander recently filed internal OPP emails with the court.
In his nine-page letter to Integrity Commissioner J. David Wake, Mr. Ford confirms that he has known Supt. Taverner personally for many years, but denied being involved in his hiring as the next OPP commissioner. That appointment has been put on hold pending Mr. Wake’s review.
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