Deb Hutton, who served as a one-time chief of staff to former premier Mike Harris, has volunteered to look for landmines related to the Greenbelt scandal.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford enters a room to speak to journalists at the Queen's Park legislature in Toronto on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023.scandal and RCMP investigation, his government has turned to a well-known political insider to identify potential conflicts of interest that could land the
“I went in to speak to the chiefs of staff last week just to sort of get my experience from the past and share my thoughts,” Hutton said. “And, yes, it was it was about sort of preventing and avoiding conflicts of interest.”The premier’s office said Hutton had volunteered to use her “extensive political experience” to help the government “improve processes and conduct of political staff” as the province looks to implement the recommendations from Ontario’s auditor general.
“Everyone needs to write everything that they think is a conflict, from tickets, dinners or trips,” one source told Global News. Hutton, the source said, was “one of a handful of conservative operatives who, when they walk into a room, staff breathe a sigh of relief,” but added she is “ruthless and effective.”While some sources have raised concerns that the government is asking political staff to “incriminate themselves,” the premier’s office suggested the process is part of the government’s response to the explosive reports from the auditor general and integrity commissioner.
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