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Podcast: Closer Look
Episode: We followed the money paid out by Ford governmentâs $2.5B skills fund
Description: Leafs tickets, a Parisian wedding, Rob Fordâs favourite nightclub owner â even Drake. This evolving story out of Queenâs Park has it all.Last week, Ontarioâs auditor general had some scathing words for the Ford governmentâs $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund (SDF), which supports âinnovative projectsâ aimed at hiring, training and retraining Ontario workers.Shelley Spence found that the selection process was ânot fair, transparent or accountableâ â and that provincial labour ministers handpicked groups to receive hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars against the advice of civil servants.The auditor generalâ...