Newspaper ads that attacked teachers’ unions violated laws, Elections Ontario says
Greg Essensa, Ontario’s chief electoral officer, seen here in Toronto on May 9, 2018, has referred the matter to the Ministry of the Attorney-General and it may be investigated by police and prosecuted by the Crown.Ontario’s elections officer says the group behind a series of newspaper ads that attacked the province’s teachers’ unions appears to have broken elections laws.
A lawyer representing Vaughan Working Families said Wednesday the group did not contravene the Elections Finances Act “in any way whatsoever and was not required as a matter of law to register as a third-party advertiser during Ontario’s two most recent by-elections.” Quinto Annibale, the lawyer who registered the name Vaughan Working Families, and was also listed as a director of Vaughan Health Campus of Care, is a large donor to the PC Party whom the Ford government named vice-chairman of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. The Toronto Star previously reported that invoices for the ads were sent to Mr. Annibale care of his law firm, Loopstra Nixon LLP. Mr. Annibale did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday.
NDP ethics critic Taras Natyshak, who filed the complaint with Elections Ontario, said he’s pleased to see “these extremely fishy ads” deemed in apparent violation of the law.
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