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The Ubiquitous J-Man

@theubiquitousj-man.bsky.social

David Piccini’s assistant sent developer’s request to housing minister’s office before land was removed from Greenbelt...
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www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...

#OnPoli🍁
#GreenbeltScandal
#FirePiccini
#FordAbomiNation💩
#FordFailedThePeople❌
#FordCorruptAF😡
#NeverVoteConservative🗳️

David Piccini’s assistant sent developer’s request to housing minister’s office before land was removed from Greenbelt

Piccini denies having any role in the Ford government’s controversial and short-lived Greenbelt removals

www.thetrillium.ca

October 19, 2026 at 9:56 PM

The Ubiquitous J-Man

@theubiquitousj-man.bsky.social

Hmmmm!
Did Ford get a tip-off that the Ontario Integrity Commissioner is about to release their investigation findings?
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#OnPoli
#OntarioSkillsDevelopmentFundScandal
#FirePiccini
#FordAbomiNation
#FordFailedThePeople
#FordCorruptAF
#NeverVoteConservative

September 15, 2026 at 11:29 PM

Lisa 🍁

@laviolisa.bsky.social

More corruption from the Ford government 👇. People need to wake up and vote him out next election.
#OnPoli
#FirePiccini
#FordCorruption

The Ubiquitous J-Man @theubiquitousj-man.bsky.social · Nov 24

Here’s how unions that backed Doug Ford scored on funding applications.

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

#OnPoli
#OntarioSkillsDevelopmentFundScandal
#FirePiccini
#FordAbomiNation
#FordFailedThePeople
#FordCorruptAF
#NeverVoteConservative

Here’s how unions that backed Doug Ford scored on funding applications

Almost half of the 17 unions that endorsed Premier Doug Ford for re-election got nearly $40 million from the controversial Skills Development Fund despite low-ranked applications, according to secret ...

www.thestar.com

November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM

Dare to Dare

@daretodare.bsky.social

It feels like a never ending blues riff of wasted taxpayer money. Every verse brings another decision that puts well connected players first while everyday Ontarians fall further back. Ontario deserves leadership that serves the people, not the privileged few. #VoteTheConsOut #FirePiccini #OnPoli

Venue of $10M Skills Development Fund recipient, partners now licensed as an ‘adult entertainment club’

For decades, Zlatko Starkovski has leased the historic Exhibition Place building, which hosted PC fundraisers and the party’s campaign manager’s wedding in recent years

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November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM

Dare to Dare

@daretodare.bsky.social

What can we do to pressure Piccini's resignation: 1) request an Integrity Commissioner inquiry; 2) ask the Lobbyists Registrar to review lobbying/gift compliance; 3) press police/Crown if there’s evidence of criminality; 4) use public/political pressure and electoral routes. #FirePiccini #OnPoli

Overview

www.oico.on.ca

November 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM

Chris Glover

@chrisgloverndp.bsky.social

Ford's solution to the Skills Development Fund scandal.

Applicants will have to disclose if they used a lobbyist.

Of course, the Minister of Labour can just ask his wife, the lobbyist.

#ONpoli #FirePiccini

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Ontario will require skills grant applicants to reveal if they hired lobbyists

Bowing to pressure, the Ontario government will soon require that groups hiring lobbyists for help getting millions of dollars from the $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund will now have to report

www.thestar.com

December 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM

Chris Glover

@chrisgloverndp.bsky.social

🚂 On Ford's gravy train, the last are first:

Lowest scoring applicants got the highest taxpayer payouts.

#ONpoli #firePiccini

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund

Until the Star obtained the database, scores were such a closely guarded secret the public didn't know the application scores of funding recipients.

www.thestar.com

November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM

Chris Glover

@chrisgloverndp.bsky.social

Labour Minister David Piccini recently attended the Parisian wedding of Keel’s lobbyist.

He also sat rinkside at a Leafs game with one of Keel’s directors.

#ONpoli #FirePiccini

November 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM

Chris Glover

@chrisgloverndp.bsky.social

Another family stop on Ford's gravy train.

Ford's campaign manager Kory Teneycke's sister in law scores $2.2 million in taxpayer funds to produce ads.

Creative Currency has also been paid over $4.8 million since 2022 by the Ford Conservative Party.

#ONpoli #FirePiccini

TheTrillium.ca @thetrillium.bsky.social · Oct 30

Firm behind controversial Reagan ad run by relative of PC campaign manager: records

Kory Teneycke’s wife and the wife of the head of Creative Currency are sisters, records show

dlvr.it

November 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM

Chris Glover

@chrisgloverndp.bsky.social

Accountability on Ford's gravy train?

▶️55 recipients that failed to achieve goals
▶️13 recipients that failed to report outcomes

Received even more slush fund grants in later rounds of the Skills Development Fund.

#ONpoli #firePiccini

TheTrillium.ca @thetrillium.bsky.social · Oct 31

Most early Skills Development Fund recipients that missed a key training or employment target got grants again