Fired OPP deputy commissioner Brad Blair vindicated by Ron Taverner withdrawing for top job: lawyer

Fired OPP deputy commissioner Brad Blair vindicated by Ron Taverner withdrawing for top job: lawyer

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Brad Blair
Doug Ford
Ontario Provincial Police
OPP
OPP Commissioner
OPP Deputy Commissioner
Politics
Premier Doug Ford
Ron Taverner
Toronto Police
Mar 07, 2019

[ad_1] TORONTO – The lawyer for a former high-ranking provincial police official who was fired this week says his client is vindicated by a long-time friend of the premier’s withdrawing as the next commissioner. Toronto police Supt. Ron Taverner announced Wednesday evening that he will not take on the role given the controversy surrounding his[…]

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Court denies bid to speed up hearing into Ron Taverner OPP commissioner appointment

Court denies bid to speed up hearing into Ron Taverner OPP commissioner appointment

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Canada
Doug Ford
Interim Commissioner
Ontario court
OPP Commissioner
OPP Commissioner Appointment
Politics
Premier
Premier Ford
Ron Taverner
Ron Taverner OPP
Jan 14, 2019

[ad_1] TORONTO – An Ontario court has rejected a request to speed up a hearing into whether it should order the province’s ombudsman to investigate the appointment of a friend of a premier’s to the job of top cop. OPP deputy commissioner Brad Blair is asking Ontario’s Divisional Court to force an investigation into the[…]

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