The Ontario government’s release of a lengthy report on intimate partner violence is mired in controversy, after the opposition claimed that the study was partly generated by artificial intelligence and that some sources cited in the report do not exist.

Members of the Ontario New Democratic Party said in a news release that AI detection programs “flagged the government’s report as likely being largely AI-generated.” The release also said “multiple sources cited did not exist upon closer inspection.”

Premier Doug Ford says a company now under investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police continued to receive government funding even after it was flagged for a forensic audit two years ago, because the results had not yet been received.

Mr. Ford spoke at the Ontario Legislature on Tuesday, a day after the OPP confirmed they are investigating Keel Digital Solutions. The company received more than $40-million from the province, including from a skills training fund that the Auditor-General found was granting money in ways that were unfair and unaccountable. Labour Minister David Piccini’s ties to the company have also come under scrutiny.

The Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a company that received more than $40-million from the Ontario government, including from a skills training fund that the province’s Auditor-General found was granting money in ways that were unfair and unaccountable.

The force confirmed Monday that its anti-rackets branch has launched an investigation into the company, Keel Digital Solutions, which owns an online counselling platform called Get A-Head.

“The OPP Anti-Rackets Branch has completed its review and will be proceeding with an investigation. At this time, we cannot release any details or speculate on how long the investigation will take,” OPP spokeswoman Gosia Puzio said in an e-mail on Monday.

Ontario’s Labour Minister told a business audience that he takes full responsibility for a controversial skills-training fund, after a prominent construction union leader whose organization received tens of millions from the program called attacks on the government ridiculous.

David Piccini has been on the defensive for weeks about the $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund, a marquee program of the Ford government that gives money to unions, employers and other organizations to retrain workers. An October report from the province’s Auditor-General found that the distribution of $1.3-billion in grants under the program was “not fair, transparent or accountable,” and raised concerns about the use of lobbyists to secure funding.

The first test of the Real Estate Council of Ontario’s new administrator may be figuring out how to pay for promises made by Premier Doug Ford.

Mr. Ford gave a speech on Monday at the Ontario Real Estate Association’s annual conference where he appeared to suggest that realtors who have commission income trapped in iPro Realty Ltd. bank accounts – frozen by court order – will be able to fully recover those funds.

The Ontario government spent a record $112-million on advertising in its last fiscal year with the most money directed toward a U.S. media campaign as the threat of tariffs loomed, a new report from the province’s Auditor-General reveals.

The “U.S. Partnerships” campaign cost $40.1-million and ran on American TV, and in print and digital media, with $33-million spent on prime-time spots on CNN, Fox and other large U.S. networks, according to the 2025 annual report from Ontario Auditor-General Shelley Spence released on Tuesday.

The Ontario government has taken over another school board, bringing the total number of boards placed under supervision this year to six.

Monday’s announcement that the province is taking over the Near North District School Board is the first under expanded powers the Minister of Education now has under a controversial bill that passed just two weeks ago.

B.C. Premier David Eby says a pledge for an oil pipeline in a new energy accord between the federal government and Alberta is a distraction from real projects, as he called on Prime Minister Mark Carney to immediately meet with the Coastal First Nations in his province to discuss the plan.

Other premiers, however, expressed support for the pipeline proposal, and said they are also in discussions with Ottawa on agreements for their own provinces.

Ontario and Manitoba struck draft agreements with the federal government this week to streamline reviews for major projects, as part of a larger push by Prime Minister Mark Carney to fast-track resource development and infrastructure building in the face of U.S. trade uncertainty.

The co-operation agreements will allow the provinces to take the lead role in environmental assessment and Indigenous consultation for major projects – a significant devolution of authority from Ottawa to the provinces.

Ontario wants to reinstitute the widespread use of cash bail, more than a half century after the practice was mostly abandoned in Canada because of concern it unfairly harmed lower-income people.

The move follows federal efforts to toughen bail and sentencing laws with changes to the Criminal Code. Both are responses to political and public pressure tied to violent crime and public safety.

Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra says the government will release the results of the province’s standardized tests next week but refused to apologize for withholding the scores from the public.

Mr. Calandra on Monday said the results of the Education Quality and Accountability Office standardized tests, which are normally released in September or early October, will be sent to school boards this week under embargo and will be released broadly next week.

Ontario’s Education Minister says he is withholding the results of provincewide standardized tests to better understand the data and make changes to the system, as critics push the province to reveal the numbers publicly.

Paul Calandra said he has purposefully held back the Education Quality and Accountability Office results, which are usually released in September or early October, in order to take a “very deep dive” into the numbers.

Ontario has passed sweeping new legislation that critics say gives the government too much power over education.

Bill 33 has been a lightning rod among parents, teachers’ unions and other groups since it was introduced at Queen’s Park in May.

A company under police review for alleged irregularities with Ontario government contracts released an audio recording on Tuesday that it says supports its claim that Premier Doug Ford’s government is trying to make the firm a “scapegoat” to deflect a controversy over its worker training fund.

Keel Digital Solutions released an 18-second audio clip from what it said was a July 22 discussion between CEO Rob Godfrey and a senior auditor conducting a forensic audit.

The Ontario Provincial Police’s anti-rackets branch is looking into a company that has received more than $40-million from the provincial government, in order to determine whether to launch a criminal investigation.

The force confirmed on Friday that the government had referred “suspicious activity” related to transfer payments to the company, an online counselling platform called Get A-Head.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s chief of staff is warning employees not to have any contact with a company that received about $40-million from the province, after the government referred findings from a forensic audit scrutinizing the business to the Ontario Provincial Police, according to an e-mail obtained by The Globe and Mail.

The company, an online counselling platform, received more than $32-million from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities since 2020. It was also awarded $7.5-million in grants approved by Labour Minister David Piccini’s office from the Skills Development Fund.