Ontario Provincial Police Deputy Commissioner Brad Blair had been the acting commissioner of the force and sought to keep the job
The government has fired an outspoken OPP commander who launched a lawsuit after being passed over for the police service’s top job in favour of a friend of Premier Doug Ford.
Deputy Minister of Community Safety Mario Di Tommaso made the decision to “terminate” Deputy Commissioner Blair, a spokeswoman said.“I can say that at this point that Deputy Commissioner Blair was terminated today on Monday, at the direction of the deputy minister …. as approved by the public service commission,” said Staff Sergeant Carolle Dionne, an OPP spokeswoman."We don’t have why he was terminated just that he was terminated.
In December Deputy Commissioner Blair launched a legal suit, challenging the government’s decision to give the OPP’s top job to Supt. Taverner, a friend of Mr. Ford’s. He has alleged Mr. Ford inappropriately interfered in police operations and wants a court to order the provincial Ombudsman to review the hiring.
In his letter, Mr. Di Tommaso stated he was not disciplining Deputy Commissioner Blair but, rather, speaking to him in his capacity as the government’s designated ethics adviser for the OPP police brass.
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