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<strong>The</strong> International News Weekly ontario election 2018<br />

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May 18, 2018 | Toronto<br />

Sukhwant <strong>The</strong>thi’s Successful<br />

Campaign Office Grand Opening!<br />

Brampton : Just over 500 local Brampton<br />

South residents, friends and campaign volunteers<br />

joined Sukhwant <strong>The</strong>thi this past Saturday,<br />

May 5, 2018 at his Liberal Campaign Office<br />

Grand Opening. Visitors and neighbours were<br />

treated with terrific delicacies and tea from local<br />

business icon Sweet Master and rubbed<br />

shoulders with visiting politicians including;<br />

the Hon. Charles Sousa, Minister of Finance,<br />

Brampton MPPS Vic Dhillon, Harinder Malhi,<br />

Amrit Mangat, and Brampton MPs Sonia Sidhu<br />

and Ruby Sahota. “I am extremely pleased with<br />

the response our campaign has been getting<br />

at the doors and seeing so many people at my<br />

Campaign launch gives me great confidence going<br />

forward towards Election Day on June 7th,”<br />

states Sukhwant <strong>The</strong>thi, “In less than five weeks,<br />

we will have our chance to reaffirm our values,<br />

reinvest in our people, and renew the ability for<br />

our provincial government to act as a force for<br />

good right here in Brampton.” Sukhwant <strong>The</strong>thi<br />

knows that you share in our vision of community<br />

building, and with your support during the<br />

campaign and on election day, Sukhwant, the<br />

Ontario Liberal Party and its Leader and Premier<br />

Kathleen Wynne will continue to build a<br />

stronger Ontario together, a better place to live,<br />

work and play. “I am running to represent the<br />

people of Brampton South to build on our shared<br />

values of tolerance, equality of opportunity and<br />

improving our quality of life. I intend to do so by<br />

building and making our community connections<br />

stronger. It’s time to build . . . not break."<br />

Ontario PC candidate Simmer Sandhu<br />

quits; cites anonymous 'allegations'<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Canadian</strong> Press<br />

BRAMPTON : A Progressive Conservative<br />

candidate in Ontario's provincial<br />

election has pulled out of the race citing<br />

anonymous allegations made against<br />

him.Simmer Sandhu, who had been running<br />

in the riding of Brampton East, says<br />

the allegations pertain to both his work<br />

life and his nomination campaign. Sandhu<br />

says he denies the allegations and<br />

will vigorously defend himself. He also<br />

thanks supporters and volunteers for<br />

their hard work and dedication, and says<br />

he's confident in PC Leader Doug Ford's<br />

ability to earn the trust of Ontario voters.<br />

A party spokeswoman says Sandhu's<br />

resignation has been accepted.Melissa<br />

Lantsman says the party is excited to announce<br />

Surdeep Verma as its new candidate<br />

in Brampton East, calling him a<br />

great addition to the PC team.<br />

In his statement posted on Twitter<br />

Sandhu does not give details of the allegations.<br />

"I have recently been made<br />

aware of allegations anonymously made<br />

against me pertaining to both my work<br />

life and my nomination campaign," he<br />

wrote Wednesday. "<strong>The</strong>se allegations are<br />

totally baseless. I absolutely deny them."<br />

Sandhu said that while he is confident he<br />

will be cleared it is impossible for him to<br />

continue as a PC candidate.<br />

Charles Sousa Launches<br />

Re-Election Campaign<br />

Mississauga : With a provincial election set for<br />

June 7th, hundreds of community members and volunteers<br />

were at 425 Lakeshore Road East today to help<br />

launch Charles Sousa's Re-Election campaign.<br />

Sousa has represented the Mississauga Lakeshore<br />

Riding since 2007 and has served as Minister<br />

of Finance, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration,<br />

Minister Responsible for the 2015 Pan & ParaPan<br />

American Games, Minister of Labour and Chair of<br />

Treasury Board and Management Board of Cabinet.<br />

Sousa introduced the 2018 Ontario Budget on<br />

March 28, which outlined a bold plan for care and opportunity<br />

that focuses on investments in health care,<br />

home care, education and infrastructure.<br />

“I'm proud of what we've accomplished together”<br />

Sousa said to supporters and community members.<br />

“Ontario’s economy is getting stronger, businesses<br />

are creating record numbers of jobs and unemployment<br />

is at the lowest rate in almost two decades. Our<br />

budget is balanced. We have a $600-million surplus.<br />

Now, we need to focus on making strategic investments<br />

to make sure everyone has the opportunity to<br />

get ahead, to create a bright future for Mississauga<br />

Lakeshore”<br />

Sousa is running on these key priorities:<br />

• More funding for local hospitals to lower wait times<br />

and improve care<br />

• Waterfront redevelopment and revitalization<br />

• Free prescriptions for children, youth and seniors<br />

• New seniors grant and increased supports for home<br />

care<br />

• Free pre-school for kids aged two-and-a-half to kindergarten<br />

• Free tuition for low- and middle-income students<br />

• Faster and more affordable public transportation, including<br />

more GO service<br />

Hazel McCallion, former mayor of Mississauga<br />

said "I support Charles. He is a strong leader<br />

who delivers positive results for Mississauga and<br />

the province. Charles is a compassionate community<br />

advocate who has fought hard to support<br />

our schools, expand our hospitals, protect our<br />

parks and enhance public transit. His leadership<br />

has been instrumental to the revitalization of our<br />

waterfront and neighbourhoods. <strong>The</strong>re's no doubt<br />

that Charles' unrivaled experience in both the<br />

public and private sector enables him to get the job<br />

done. He is a great champion for our community<br />

and for all Ontarians.”<br />

Peel Regional Police Complete<br />

Investigation into Unauthorized<br />

Release of Documents<br />

Region of Peel– Peel Regional Police have completed its investigation<br />

about police documents that were sent to two Brampton<br />

City Councillors. <strong>The</strong> investigation revealed that the documents<br />

in question were not accessed, or sent by any employee of<br />

the Peel Regional Police.<br />

On Thursday, April 19, 2018 two Brampton City Councillors<br />

received envelopes in the mail which contained police reports<br />

that were not authorized for release to the public.<br />

On Saturday, April 21, 2018 the Peel Regional Police were<br />

notified of the incident at which time the 22 Division Criminal<br />

Investigation Bureau started to investigate.<br />

<strong>The</strong> investigation revealed that the documents were accessed<br />

through the Police Information Portal (PIP), which is a secure<br />

records management system maintained by the RCMP. PIP is<br />

accessible to all <strong>Canadian</strong> law enforcement agencies for the purpose<br />

of information-sharing. It was determined that a member of<br />

the Toronto Police Service accessed the Peel reports through the<br />

PIP system. <strong>The</strong> Toronto Police Service Professional Standards<br />

Bureau has taken over the investigation.<br />

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