Ten executives at a single development corp donated more than $30,000 to Crombie, records suggest
EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this article originally appeared on The Trillium, a Village Media website devoted to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park.
One group stands out: names matching 10 executives at HBNG Holborn Group, a land developer and builder based in Vaughan, appear on her donor list. Each donated the maximum amount, $3,350, and nine of the 10 donations were made over three days in late June. In this case, eight people with names matching HBNG Holborn Group executives have donated $20,000 to PC causes, including Doug Ford’s leadership campaign, over the past five years, and one gave $480 to the Liberal party.
An HBNG Holborn Group company made headlines for its relationship with a different mayor a few years ago. Maystar General Contractors, one of its subsidiaries, was involved in a controversy where it was alleged to have helped the former mayor of Vaughan, Michael DiBiase, with his cottage, and he helped the company get a city contract. DiBiase eventually pleaded guilty to a Municipal Act offence.
One Peel-area councillor told The Trillium they turned down cheques from a development company, refusing the unsolicited funds because they did not want to feel beholden to the company. Another group of donations came from five people with the same last name, one of whom shares a full name with an executive at Westhaven Group, a property investment, development and management firm.
“It was a Liberal government at Queen's Park that changed the law in Ontario to make corporate and union donations illegal,” she said. “Only individuals can make political donations in Ontario. This was the right thing to do. I am proud that my party made this change to Ontario's election laws.” Asked how he believed Ford and his party benefit from the deal, Fraser told reporters to look at PC party donations and trace the connections between the developers and their contractors and subcontractors, all benefitting from the government’s decision to build Highway 413 and open swathes of the Greenbelt.Given the rhetoric at Queen’s Park, developer donations may expose Crombie to some political risk, MacDermid and Taylor agreed.
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