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Doug Ford’s ‘independent’ tribunals: Exclusive data analysis reveals premier appoints Conservative insiders

Majority of top tribunal members have Conservative ties

Xavier Richer VisKate Schneider
Xavier Richer Vis, Kate Schneider

11 Oct 2023 • 5 min read

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Sean Weir, Executive Chair of Tribunals Ontario, poses with Ontario PC MPPs at a 2019 event hosted by the Oakville Chamber of Commerce. From left to right: MPP for Oakville Stephen Crawford, Sean Weir, then-Minister of Finance Vic Fedeli, MPP for Oakville North-Burlington Effie Triantafilopoulos (Credit: Oakville Chamber of Commerce/Top.Notch Photography)

Xavier Richer Vis
Xavier Richer Vis

Xavier is a Toronto-based journalist and a graduate of Goldsmiths, University of London’s master’s in digital journalism. He first joined the IJF as a data-scraping volunteer. His work has appeared in Wired.

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