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Archive for October 27th, 2007

Yesterday we heard the shocking news that Ontario Fiberal Finance Minister Greg Sorbara no longer wishes to be part of the Ontario cabinet, because he apparently needs more ‘family time’. Hard to understand that one immediately after an election!

First, a bit of history from the above Star article:

…The Oct. 10 re-election was a fitting pinnacle to a career that was briefly derailed when the RCMP put Sorbara’s name in a search warrant in connection with its investigation of Royal Group Technologies, where he had been on the board of directors.

It was a move many suspected was politically motivated because the Mounties’ warrant was made public on Oct. 11, 2005, the day before the throne speech. It forced him to resign as treasurer.

But Sorbara fought back, spending “six figures” to fight the RCMP. Ontario Superior Court Justice Ian Nordheimer later ordered Sorbara’s name removed from the search warrant. McGuinty immediately returned him to cabinet…

Meanwhile, in completely unrelated news, the Post tells us today about a little law suit involving two Ontario companies that are suing a York region hospital :

…The claim also alleges that “influence was being exerted on the hospital by the Honourable Minister Greg Sorbara to move the proposed dialysis unit of the urgent care centre to another location and property.”

The plaintiffs further allege that Mr. Sorbara interfered so that the hospital would be moved to a property owned by a company to which he allegedly has ties.

The claim alleges that Mr. Sorbara inappropriately met with hospital representatives and indicated that unless the dialysis unit was moved, the hospital “would be unsuccessful in its request for Phase 2 funding in the amount of approximately $300,000,000. The Honourable Minister Sorbara also indicated that he did not want this matter to be in the media.“

Oops!

Now I understand this comment - “Worse, perhaps, for Mr. McGuinty would be news that something has surfaced that prevents Mr. Sorbara from sitting in cabinet.”

Oh well. At least we don’t have to worry about public funding going to the education of all those horrible religious people. Whew!