Ont Byelection Trial – CP

Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire
Sep 8, 2017

SUDBURY, Ont. – A man at the centre of allegations against two Ontario Liberals accused of bribery under the Election Act is set to testify for a second day today.

The trial began Thursday in Sudbury, Ont., for Pat Sorbara, the Ontario Liberal Party CEO at the time of the allegations, and Gerry Lougheed, a local Liberal fundraiser.

They’re accused of offering would-be candidate Andrew Olivier a job or appointment to get him to step aside for Premier Kathleen Wynne’s preferred candidate in a 2015 byelection in Sudbury.

Both have pleaded not guilty.

Olivier was the first witness called Thursday and is set to be cross-examined today.

That preferred candidate of Wynne’s was Glenn Thibeault _ at the time an NDP MP, now the Ontario energy minister _ who she ultimately appointed as the candidate and who went on to win the byelection.

(The Canadian Press)

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