On Thursday, after persistent calls to fire his chief of staff over the use of non-government email for government work, Ford broke his silence and defended his chief of staff.
confirmed that his chief of staff, Patrick Sackville, has used private email for government businesses but defended his top aide amid calls for his resignation.
“As for Patrick Sackville, as far as I’m concerned, he didn’t do anything wrong,” Ford told reporters during an unrelated news conference. Multiple sources also described an email Sackville sent to all chiefs of staff in 2023 highlighting code-of-conduct rules and reminding them to avoid potential conflicts of interest by declining free tickets to events.The email was sent from Sackville’s Gmail address to the private email addresses of the chiefs of staff who report to him.
Meanwhile, Sackville appeared to omit text messages sent to Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster, during a separate disclosure request, despite Verster providing the conversation from his side.On Wednesday, NDP Leader Marit Stiles made comparisons between Sackville and MPP Kaleed Rasheed, who resigned from Ford’s cabinet and the Ontario Progressive Conservative caucus in late 2023 after allegedly giving inconsistent testimony to Ontario’s integrity commissioner.
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