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It’s been a week of plot twists at Queen’s Park — and we’re only halfway through.
DAVID PICCINI’s $1,000-a-head fundraiser vanished as the SDF scandal deepens, though the PCs insist it’s all part of a pre-planned pause. Meanwhile, CHRIS SCOTT made his first appearance at the Leg since being charged with spousal assault, DOUG FORD brushed off calls to sack his Labour minister, and even DONALD TRUMP weighed in after catching Ontario’s anti-tariff ad during the Jays game. Over in Oppo world, MARIT STILES has tapped a cross-country campaign veteran as her new chief of staff. Oh, and Ford’s threatening to sue GM after the automaker pulled the plug on its EV van production in Ingersoll.
MO’ MONEY, MO’ PROBLEMS — Labour Minister DAVID PICCINI’s $1,000-a-head fundraiser was abruptly called off this week — just as questions and criticism mount over his role in the Skills Development Fund scandal. And the reasoning behind the event’s cancellation doesn’t …