Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday that he did not see or approve names of lawyers his attorney general has designated King\u0027s Counsel.
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A spokesperson for Downey said the attorney general had heard from “many individuals and stakeholders in the Ontario legal community” who wanted to bring back the designation. Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney, a former attorney general, received the designation, but was called to the bar just days earlier. A spokesperson for the Law Society of Ontario said Mulroney was called to the bar on June 27 administratively, meaning she did not attend a ceremony.Advertisement 5NDP Leader Marit Stiles said the list of K.C. designations raises many questions and “erodes whatever integrity this government has left.
“In those days, the way you do patronage you give it to 25 Tories and one Liberal,” he said. “I was a member of parliament, but I was also cover.”
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